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The Sun
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Radio 2 star puts HUGE house on market for £2.75 million after completely renovating it and life changing brain surgery
RADIO 2 star DJ Spoony has put his huge house on the market for £2.75million after undergoing life changing brain surgery. DJ Spoony, real name Johnathan Joseph, revealed in December he'd been rushed to hospital due to a subdural haematoma. 6 6 6 6 6 The NHS describes it as a "serious condition" where blood pools between the skull and surface of the brain. Now Spoony has listed his Bedford home for sale - revealing the stunning interior of the family property. It includes a library, ground floor study and an open-plan living and dining area for entertaining. Spoony's huge garden has incredible views and is accessed via full-height sliding glass doors. The property comes with six bedrooms, six bathrooms and a gym. Spoony previously told fans he'd had surgery just before Christmas after being diagnosed with a subdural haematoma. He had been suffering from severe headaches, a key symptom, for close to a month prior to the op but had battled through and continued with his day to day routine. When it got too much he eventually went to A&E where he was sent for a CT scan and a small bleed on the brain was discovered. He was immediately referred to Addenbrookes in Cambridgeshire for specialist treatment. He said: "Crazy as I'd been working and training solidly all through the time of the headaches." Zoe Ball says it's 'lovely to be back' as she returns to BBC Radio 2 after stepping down from breakfast show The music star described the surgery as "routine" though praised the "very high standard" of skill from the surgeon and their team. He continued: "Within 10mins of the operation I was on my way back to the ward. Fully alert. Chatting. Not groggy after the general. "Couldnt wait to have that banana by my bed as I'd been nil by mouth since 1pm the previous day. That was the best banana I've ever had….as for the ginger shot. Perfect."
The Sun
27-05-2025
- Health
- The Sun
Former boxing world champion undergoes brain surgery after being rushed to hospital when he collapsed in the ring
GINJIRO SHIGEOKA has undergone brain surgery following his brutal defeat to Pedro Taduran. The Japanese southpaw collapsed in the ring as the result of his rematch with Taduran, which he lost via split decision, was announced before being stretchered out of the arena. 4 4 The former IBF light-flyweight champion was immediately rushed to the hospital after losing consciousness following the gruelling war, in which he failed to exact revenge on Taduran. The 25-year-old, who was undefeated before his consecutive losses to his Filipino foe, currently remains in a medically induced coma. And the emergency craniotomy, which involves removing part of the patient's skull, that he underwent has brought about the end of his career. An update from his representatives read: "According to JBC [Japanese Boxing Commission], Japanese Former IBF Champion Ginjiro Shigeoka has suffered from an acute subdural hematoma and has already undergone a craniotomy. 'G. Shigeoka is still currently under observation in a private hospital in Osaka, Japan. "The commission has already enforced that Shigeoka has to retire from boxing following his craniotomy procedure.' Japanese Boxing Council rules prohibit boxers who have undergone any type of brain surgery from holding licenses, even if they make a full recovery. Shigeoka, the younger brother of former WBC light-flyweight titleholder Yudai, currently remains under observation. 4 And it will take the best part of a week before his condition becomes clear. Tsuyoshi Yasukochi, the JBC's Secretary General, said: 'The definite information is that he has an acute right subdural hematoma. 'He underwent emergency craniotomy immediately after the match and is currently under observation. "It will take about a week to know his condition. He is asleep under anaesthesia.
Daily Mail
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Celebrity psychic Tyler Henry reveals heartbreaking tumor after brain surgery as he shares hospital bedside photo
Celebrity psychic medium Tyler Henry has revealed he has successfully undergone brain surgery. The reality star, 29, had most of a 'colloid tumor' removed from his brain and will now be on bedrest for a month. The star announced the operation on Wednesday with a photo of him in his hospital bed, which appeared to have been taken after the surgery. A bandage was on his head as he snuggled into his pillow with a smile. 'Brain surgery was a success! Great prognosis, incredible staff, and I feel so thankful to be surrounded by my family. I'll be on bedrest for a month and look forward to getting back to doing readings. 'For those of you who connect with me virtually, not much should change as far as private reading giveaways and group readings, right now I'm just on the mend. For those curious, I had a colloid tumor near the center of my brain and thankfully most of it has been removed! (The tumor, not my brain… that is.) 'This isn't my first rodeo with this and I have so much to be thankful for - I'll see ya'll very soon with lots of thought-provoking subjects and of course, readings. Thank you all so much for your support.' Tyler previously underwent an emergency brain surgery at age 18 following the discovery of a congenital cyst. The cyst, which is benign, needs to be regularly drained when it grows too large as it would be too risky to remove completely, according to The Cut. 'I have wondered if it relates to my ability at all,' he told the publication last year. The Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry star also endured a collapsed lung in 2019 and has congenital blebs on his lungs that he needs to keep an eye on. He suspects his health has been impacted by his work as a psychic medium. 'It's the biggest question I have: Why, if this is something of a gift, does it come at a cost?' he told the outlet. Opening up about the brain cyst on Instagram, Tyler posted a photo of him giving a reading as a teenager just before the health scare came to light. 'This photo was taken a month after my 18th birthday in the backyard of my childhood home,' he wrote on Instagram in 2023. 'I was doing readings on camera in my small town of Hanford, CA. Only a week later an MRI revealed a congenital brain cyst that lead to emergency surgery after weeks of headaches. A mass I was born with was only now causing a life-threatening situation as my adult life was just beginning. 'Despite all that, this project allowed for one of my most exciting moments as an early medium - reading an entire diner full of strangers, as well as delivering messages in my teenage haunts of China Alley (later featured on @lifeafterdeathnetflix). 'This experience taught me early on the importance of timing and trust. Without the inevitable brain surgery that ensued, I don't think I would of had such a firsthand awareness of the fragility of life. It was an intimate reminder for me of the fine line dividing this realm and the next.' The surgery revelation comes just a week after Tyler - who worked with the Kardashians in 2015 - tied the knot with his longtime beau Clint Godwin. The lovebirds appeared to go about tying the knot the simple way, opting to head to their local Beverly Hills courthouse. Henry shared a single photo of their pair with his 1.2 million followers and wrote, 'Today, we are married! Life with you is an endless sleepover with my best friend and life's just getting started.' He added in the heartfelt note: 'I knew when we met nearly a decade ago that you would be the one, and that conviction only grew stronger with every day. Best premonition ever!' An engagement was never announced, but Henry told E! News in 2019 that he'd likely be the one to propose. The newlyweds' love story began in 2016, when Tyler gave Clint a reading. 'He had seen me on [Keeping Up With the Kardashians]. He messaged me and said that he'd be interested in a reading,' the star opened up to GLAAD in 2022. The E! personality added, 'I knew the second I saw him that I had something that I needed to share with him regarding his grandfather, who had died.' He explained, 'His grandfather had recently taken his own life. As I connected with him, I relayed exactly why that decision was made. Immediately, I found myself a part of his family, being immersed in what they were going through.' Tyler shares bits of his life with his now-husband on social media regularly. On Valentine's Day he posted a photo of the two in wet suits at the beach, adding a thoughtful message. 'We've grown up together and there's no one else I'd rather grow through time with. Whether I'm 29 or 92, this love will always be my guiding force, a reprieve from all of life's heaviness. That's what @clintxgodwin is for me,' he said. And in March he uploaded another picture of the pair, adding, 'It's @clintxgodwin's birthday! Hurtling toward 30 isn't so bad with coconut cake and good company.'
The Sun
17-05-2025
- Health
- The Sun
Surgeon who saved Davina McCall's life reveals he listened to iconic band while cutting tumour from star's brain
DAVINA McCall's brain surgeon listened to ABBA as he carried out her complex five-hour operation The Sun on Sunday can reveal. Neurosurgeon Kevin O'Neill, 62, says life-saving surgery gets so stressful that his hand could start shaking so he uses music to calm himself. 4 4 When the top brain expert was asked if he listened to ABBA during The Masked Singer star's surgery in November he said: 'Oh, I was. I love ABBA in theatre. 'Some people like silence to focus — sometimes you do need that — but it's about balancing stress with performance. 'Stress can actually improve your performance to a certain extent, until it becomes excessive and then it paralyses you and it gives you the shakes. 'So you've got to have mechanisms to control that and one of them is to put some music on.' He added that he's such a fan of the Swedish superstars that he's twice been to see their avatar show Voyage. Davina, 57, discovered a 14mm colloid cyst when she was offered a free health scan after giving a talk on the menopause. The TV host faced the risk of sudden death without surgery. Following the procedure, she spent three days in intensive care and then five days recuperating at London's Cleveland Clinic. Speaking to Helen Fospero on the Convex Conversation podcast, Kevin admitted that he was nervous when Davina came round following the surgery. He said: 'She gave us a fright because she was away with the fairies.' Davina McCall breaks down in tears and reveals 'difficult year' But the op proved successful, and a recent MRI scan confirmed the tumour is not coming back. Kevin said: 'I had a big smile on my face when I saw that scan.' 4 The most common symptoms of a brain tumour More than 12,000 Brits are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour every year — of which around half are cancerous — with 5,300 losing their lives. The disease is the most deadly cancer in children and adults aged under 40, according to the Brain Tumour Charity. Brain tumours reduce life expectancies by an average of 27 years, with just 12 per cent of adults surviving five years after diagnosis. There are two main types, with non-cancerous benign tumours growing more slowly and being less likely to return after treatment. Cancerous malignant brain tumours can either start in the brain or spread there from elsewhere in the body and are more likely to return. Brain tumours can cause headaches, seizures, nausea, vomiting and memory problems, according to the NHS. They can also lead to changes in personality weakness or paralysis on one side of the problem and problems with speech or vision. The nine most common symptoms are: Headaches Seizures Feeling sick Being sick Memory problems Change in personality Weakness or paralysis on one side of the body Vision problems Speech problems If you are suffering any of these symptoms, particularly a headache that feels different from the ones you normally get, you should visit your GP. Source: NHS
Daily Mail
16-05-2025
- Health
- Daily Mail
The surprising signs of my deadly brain cancer that I've ignored since childhood - now I live on a knife's edge
A 20 year-old woman has revealed the subtle symptoms she ignored for more than a decade, which turned out to be signs of deadly brain cancer. In a viral TikTok video that has been viewed over 2.4 million times, Carson Fossat, from Utah, America, said doctors only spotted the disease in June last year after a chance scan following a car accident. Following the devastating diagnosis, Ms Fossat had to undergo brain major surgery to remove the tumour, which temporarily robbed her of the ability to walk, eat and see. 'Like I newborn baby, someone had to help me clean myself, brush my teeth and wipe my literal butt for months,' she said in a social media clip. The first symptom that was dismissed by doctors was persistent vomiting, which struck when Ms Fossat was a 'little girl'. 'It was normal for me to throw up at least once a week, if not every day, every couple of days. To the point my family would always joke with me about it,' she said. But doctors said her repeated bouts of vomiting were caused by anxiety, she claimed. 'It turns out where the tumour at the back of my head, it was pressing against my brain stem and my "nausea center", causing me to throw up.' The symptom that had the biggest effect on her day to day life growing up was extreme exhaustion. 'I was super fatigued. I was tired all the time.I would get more and more tired throughout the day and I would have to take naps,' she said. 'It was really hard for me to do school or work as I would have to nap for hours a day just to function.' She added: 'I also got a lot of headaches that I was also told was caused by anxiety. But they were pressure headaches at the back of my head, which is where the tumour was. 'I was super dizzy all the time, when I stood up I would get super dizzy. I was told this was due to a lack of iron, as I had low iron levels.' The combination of symptoms meant she was 'clumsy all the time' and would often fall over. Despite her long term symptoms and repeated trips to the doctor the tumour was only picked up after she was rushed to hospital following a car accident. Thankfully, brain surgery to remove the disease proved successful and her latest scans show no signs of cancer. However she will have regular MRI's for the next decade and is aware the cancer can return at any minute. The regular scans mean 'it'll be caught early if it ever decideds to show up again,' she said. 'If it ever comes back, I'll be ready.' But recovery has not been easy, she told her social media followers. 'I have really struggled to get back into normal life. I have discovered that I am immunocompromised and literally got sick from everything,' she said. 'I also had a hard time accepting that I wasn't the same loud extroverted, outgoing girl that went into surgery. I came out of it a completely different person. 'I have struggled with anxiety and depression in the past but my mind went to a place that I didn't know existed.' Over 12,000 patients in Britain are diagnosed with a brain tumour each year, with about half of these cases being cancerous. Common symptoms include tiredness, a loss of vision, seizures, nausea and headaches. Glioblastomas, one of the deadliest types of brain tumour, have been highlighted in recent years after killing a number of famous faces. The disease, which is the most common type of cancerous brain tumour in adults, killed the Labour politician Dame Tessa Jowell in 2018. And in March 2022, The Wanted singer Tom Parker died following an 18-month battle with the cancer.
