Antiques Roadshow star Theo Burrell issues cancer update

Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell has shared her worries that her “lifelines will run out” in a heartbreaking interview.

The BBC star was diagnosed with incurable glioblastoma at the age of just 35. Two years ago, she underwent brain surgery to remove the majority of the tumour and started chemotherapy to help shrink it further, but now she’s sadly shared that the tumour has started to regrow.

Now Theo has shared the prognosis she was initially given in an interview with The Sunday Times. She shared: “In terms of my life expectancy, I’ve already outlived my prognosis, which is 12 to 18 months for someone with my type of brain tumour.”

Though she is “frightened”, Theo says she still “feels healthy physically”. In one heartbreaking admission, she said: “This growth scare doesn’t mean I’m back at square one but there is only a limited number of times I can continue having surgery and chemotherapy. Soon, I fear, the lifelines will run out.”

Theo confessed to the publication this month that doctors aren’t yet sure if growth will pose a threat to her life, but in October told fans via Instagram: “It’s with some heartbreak that I can confirm my glioblastoma has started regrowing.

“Although this was always an inevitably it has been a difficult couple of weeks for me and my family, as we deal with the news and await a treatment plan.

“I am extremely grateful for having had such a good quality of life over the last two years, and I intend to take on the next step of my journey with everything I’ve got.

“If anything this has just fuelled my fire to keep fighting for us all. We, as a community, as patients, as carers, as family and friends of those who have or have had a brain tumour, quite frankly deserve a lot better!”

She added this Monday (November 4): “It continues to be a bit of a difficult time as I wait to find out what my scan in December shows. My paranoia about every ache and pain being cancer progression is pretty exhausting, but it’s a reality of living with brain cancer – as many of you will already know and experience.

“However, in the spirit of positivity, since my last medical appointments I’ve celebrated Jonah’s birthday, held a whisky fundraiser, been to a wedding, and attended three birthday parties.

“Not to mention all the washing I’ve hung up, dishwashers I’ve emptied and dinners I’ve cooked, which truth be told, are all important to me – because they’re the ‘normal’ things that I’m grateful I’m still able to do. There’s nothing like incurable cancer to make you really appreciate every aspect of life!”