Beverley Callard marked a huge milestone in her breast cancer battle as she returned to work on Monday.
The actress, 69, admitted she felt ‘nervous and on edge’ as she arrived ready to film scenes for Fair City, after four months away while she had surgery.
Beverley joined the cast of Ireland’s RTÉ’s soap opera Fair City in February as Lily, the quirky and unpredictable long-lost mother of Carrigstown resident Gwen.
That same month, while she was just about to go on set, the soap star got a call from her doctor that she had breast cancer and so returned to the UK to have surgery and treatment.
In an Instagram video, Beverley revealed her husband Jon had driven her to work. She said: ‘I have to tell you, it’s like the first day back at term at school.
‘I’m really nervous and on edge but nicely so. So wish me luck, I’ll let you know how it goes.’
Beverley Callard marked a huge milestone in her breast cancer battle as she returned to work on Monday
After a day of filming Beverley updated her followers and seemed delighted with how it all went.
She said: ‘Home from my first day at work and do you know what? It was fantastic. As I said before, it was a bit nerve wracking. You think first day of term, “this is scary”.
‘But as soon as I was in there, you just feel like you’ve never been away. It was really good. Everybody was so pleased to see me and I was really pleased to see them.
‘We laughed a lot and got the giggles. It was just fantastic, I have a very early start tomorrow which I’m not looking forward to but there we go.’
Fans rallied around Beverley as they applauded the achievement but also urged the actress to ‘listen to your body’.
They wrote: ‘Nice to get some normality back in your terms, but please listen to your body too. Big hugs. You’ve got this Liz’
‘Bev you look absolutely gorgeous. Sending you love and healings and all the very best on your Radiotherapy’
‘That’s fantastic Bev, you look, and sound fabulous talking about your day. I’m so pleased, you’re like a ray of sunshine’.
Beverley joined the cast of Ireland’s RTÉ’s soap opera Fair City (pictured) in February as Lily, the quirky and unpredictable long-lost mother of Carrigstown resident Gwen
