Beverley Callard 'completely crashed' emotionally amid cancer battle
Beverley Callard has "completely crashed emotionally" amid her breast cancer battle after worrying she looked "like a freak".
Beverley Callard has "completely crashed emotionally" amid her breast cancer battle.
The Coronation Street icon - who announced in February she had been diagnosed with the disease - decided to book Botox treatment before she starts radiotherapy because she grew worried she was starting to "look like a freak" and didn't want to seem like "the walking dead" when she returns to work in the coming months.
She said in a new video shared to Instagram: “I’ve made an appointment for Botox, I know people don’t agree with it but I wanted to do it for me. I go back to work soon too so I don’t want to look like the walking dead, which, sometimes I do at the moment.
“This morning, I showered, exfoliated, did all the girl things, fake tan, and caught sight of my whole body in the mirror, which I don’t look at very often. I completely crashed emotionally and just thought…'Oh my God, I look like a freak.
“Please don’t think I’m self-indulgent, I’m not, I know loads of people are far worse off than me. I’ve got loads of support in Jon and my family and friends but I crashed emotionally and I just thought ‘I can’t do this anymore.' I got myself together but I didn’t feel brilliant.”
The 69-year-old actress was "really nervous" before her treatment, but made a "friend for life" in the doctor administering the wrinkle-smoothing injections, and the whole experience made her feel "so much better".
She said: "I got there and I was really nervous. I met this female called Dr Sarah Walsh. And you know sometimes when you think [about] the fickle finger of fate...it was amazing. Young woman, stunningly beautiful in my opinion, stunningly beautiful on the inside as well. I had to have a consultation first and she was amazing.
"We talked about Botox, cancer treatments. She was incredible and you know when you just click with someone. This is fate that we've been brought together. She was so emphatic, understanding, we chatted, she told me all about herself and I told her far more about me than I would normally at the first meeting with someone.
"But the whole thing lifted me. I'd just met someone who I could talk to who I've never even seen before. I just felt that the universe and the Gods are smiling on me, and I feel so much better.
"I say thank you to whoever and whatever but today ended up being a really, really good day. I did stuff myself with carrot cake but aside from that it was a really, really good day! I hope you all find someone like that. She's a new friend but we're gonna be friends for the rest of our lives."
