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has given a health update ahead of her 'big operation' in a new post shared to Instagram on Wednesday amid her breast battle.
on Street legend, 68, received news of her diagnosis just after she relocated to Dublin having scooped a role on Irish soap opera Fair City. She announced the news earlier this month.
Beverley, who is best known for her role as Liz McDonald in the sofa, reassured fans that the cancer was caught early, but said she would need to return to the UK for radiotherapy and surgery.
In her new post, she revealed she is set to be operated upon on Friday at Norfolk And Norwich Hospital and stated she is 'counting her lucky stars' ahead of the operation, where she will have two lymph nodes removed.
Lymph nodes are removed after a breast cancer diagnosis because cells that move beyond the breast often get trapped in the underarm.
Beverley Callard, 68, has given a new health update ahead of her 'big operation' in a new post shared to Instagram on Wednesday amid her breast cancer battle
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The Coronation Street legend, who is famously known for her role as Liz McDonald, revealed she has been diagnosed with cancer during a trip to Ireland earlier this month
Taking to social media, Beverley wrote : 'Another update to let you all know what is going on. I went to the hospital this morning and they wanted to talk to me about the lymph nodes and lymph glands...
'They are pretty sure that it is not in the lymph nodes, but they are going to take two out on Friday when I have the operation to make sure...
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