An Antiques Roadshow expert has taken on the challenge of converting a former chapel he purchased for £60,000 into a home and workshop - and is urging others to help preserve such historic buildings.
31.03.2024 - 16:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
BBC Antiques Roadshow expert Theo Burrell has faced a difficult few years after being diagnosed with cancer in 2022. Theo, 36, was left devastated at the news which came just one year after the birth of her son Jonah.
The Scottish television star has an aggressive form of cancer, grade four glioblastoma. The mum-of-one feared the cancerous cells could spread from her brain, as she has undergone surgery since to shrink the size of its growth.
But where has this left her now? She's still battling with side effects following the treatment which has shrunk the cancer to around ten percent according to reports in the Mirror. She suffers from headaches and bouts of nausea as she battles the condition.
Theo, who lives in Edinburgh, explained that she has heartbreakingly accepted that cancer will "take her life" but it hasn't stopped her advocating for better support and awareness of the condition.
"I’ve heard what my oncologist and surgeon said. I know the tumour will be coming back and to a certain extent, I’ve accepted that it will take my life, but that doesn’t mean I’m not desperate for change, for better treatments and a cure," she said in a recent interview.
Theo has opened up about the first symptoms she noticed in a chat with the Telegraph as she spoke of what she's been going through. She said: "The first symptom was car sickness on a journey I’d done many times before. I’d never had car sickness as a child so that was strange. Then I had what I thought was a migraine – visual disturbance, lots of vomiting.
"That progressed to constant headaches and sinus problems, with my vision getting progressively worse. It felt like I’d been staring at the sun."
She added: "This started in December 2021, just a few months after I’d
An Antiques Roadshow expert has taken on the challenge of converting a former chapel he purchased for £60,000 into a home and workshop - and is urging others to help preserve such historic buildings.
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