Actress and presenter Lisa Faulkner has given fans a health update after sharing the news she is battling breast cancer.
Lisa, 54, opened up about the shock diagnosis on Thursday and added she had already went through surgery before awaiting a course of radiotherapy.
On Instagram, Lisa thanked her legions of followers for their heartfelt support over the past few days. She wrote: “Thank you for all of your support and your lovely messages. I promise I will read every word.
“So many of you going through this or someone who is. Your love and kindness has really touched me and I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
TV actress Lisa has had a string of roles on shows such as The Lover, Dangerfield, Brookside, Holby City, Spooks, Burn It, Murder in Suburbia, New Street Law, Murdoch Mysteries, EastEnders and The Girl Before, as well as the narrator of BBC's Heir Hunters.
But it was while competing on Celebrity Masterchef in 2010 that she met her future husband, John Torode, who was a judge on the series. Lisa went on to win the contest and she and Torode tied the knot some nine years later in 2019.
On Instagram, Lisa disclosed to followers why she hadn't been active on the platform in recent weeks.
She posted: “I know I’ve been very quiet on here, reason being I have had to have surgery for the early stages of breast cancer.
“I had surgery two weeks ago, it was quite a big op but it’s all good and I’ve my results back and they’ve got everything out.
“So it’s all clear and I just need now to have some radiotherapy in a few weeks.
“I just wanted to say I’ve got a bit of healing to do but I’m good. I’m well and feeling so much better and I’m so grateful I went for my mammogram.
“I just wanted to say don’t put them off, go, because they found this and without that mammogram it wouldn’t have been picked up.
“Thank you to our wonderful NHS and the fact we can have these mammograms and we can get treatment early.”
