Davina McCall makes brave death admission after undergoing major brain surgery

Davina McCall has revealed that she is no longer afraid of dying after her major brain surgery last year. The mum-of-three, 57, told fans in November that doctors had discovered a 'very rare' colloid cyst that affects only three in a million people and would require a potentially life-saving operation.

Explaining that her prime concern was her three children before she had the surgery to remove the benign cyst, Davina said her mind 'went into forensic mode', wondering if 23-year-old Holly, Tilly, 21, and Chester, 18, who she shares with her ex-husband, Matthew Robertson, would be ok.

Speaking on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast, revealing she made an 'end of life' check list, she shared: "I had to make sure that my kids were going to be OK if I did not make it. That is all I really cared about. I knew my partner, Michael, would be OK as he is a whole person, but I was really worried about my kids." It comes as the heartbreaking reason for the postponement of Ozzy Osbourne's posthumous documentary was revealed.

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Davina continued: “I went forensic on thinking about my children and where they were at in their life, what stage they were at. You’re only as happy as your unhappiest child, right?

“I came to a realisation after about six months of cross-examining them about their life and telling them the whole time how much I’ve loved my life.

"My eldest daughter kept caught on. She was like, ‘you are not dying’, I was like, ‘no, no, no’, I realised that they would be great."

Ultimately, Davina said her check list, which included three heartfelt letters to her children, was complete after she made peace with the fact that they would survive without her.

She concluded: "I am not afraid of dying anymore. It was the biggest journey of my life. It was an amazing time.

"I have been on a massive life journey, and I have been through terrible struggles. That is where the learning comes from.

"If something really hard happens now, I know it is a good thing."

If the operation, which lasted for five hours, had not been successful, Davina could have suffered a stroke or lost her ability to 'hold a short-term memory beyond five minutes'.

However, if the cyst had remained undetected, or if the Long Lost Family star had chosen not to have it removed, she could have died 'suddenly' without any warning or chance to say goodbye to her family and friends, according to The Times.

Speaking about the removal of the tumour while co-presenting this year’s Red Nose Day for Comic Relief, Davina admitted it was “the hardest thing I’ve ever been through” as she thanked her family for supporting her.

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