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Dean Gaffney Illness And Health update: What Happened To Dean Gaffney. Dean Gaffney insists he’s lucky to be alive after I’m A Celebrity medical tests flagged bowel cancer concerns which prompted emergency surgery
Dean Gaffney Illness And Health update: What Happened To Dean Gaffney
Dean Gaffney said he considers himself fortunate to be alive after his I’m A Celebrity medical highlighted worries about colon cancer and necessitated immediate surgery.
The 45-year-old former EastEnders actor participated in the ITV reality series’ most recent all-star edition after first taking part in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2006.
Prior to his fellow camper Myleene Klass winning the season on Friday’s program, he was fired from the show on Wednesday last week.
Dean, a former soap opera star, was initially considered for the covid-safe episode of the show that was broadcast in 2020 while Gwrych Castle in North Wales was under lockdown.
And, after undergoing medical tests for his potential appearance, doctors were concerned about what they saw as a result of tests, with Dean now considering the I’m A Celebrity tests to have saved his life.
Dean Gaffney, 45, has said he feels lucky to be alive after his medical for I’m A Celeb raised bowel cancer concerns which prompted emergency surgery (pictured this week)
The former EastEnders actor took part in the recent all stars version of the ITV reality show (pictured on I’m A Celebrity… South Africa this month)
Dean was one of 12 actors waiting to enter Gwrych Castle for the 2020 season in the event that one of the other show’s current celebs fell ill with the coronavirus.
He claimed that after receiving the job offer in September of that year, he went in for his physical in October.
However, blood tests revealed that he was hemorrhaging, leading doctors to speculate that he might be anemic or iron-deficient.
Dean underwent a colonoscopy and a gastroscopy, during which doctors slid a camera down his throat.
Dean was first considered for the covid-safe version of the show which took place during lockdown at Gwrych Castle in North Wales in 2020 (pictured on I’m A Celeb this month)
Doctors were concerned about what they observed after testing after he underwent medical examinations for his future appearance (seen in the I’m A Celebrity… South Africa photo).
The television personality described the polyps as “massive,” adding, “I think 20mm, which is big for a polyp.”
‘They didn’t play about, they placed me under general anesthesia, operated, and burnt the polyps away,’ he continued. When I regained consciousness, I noticed that the physicians were quite upset with me.
They were frank in saying how fortunate I was that it had been discovered at this time. I was in awe.
Doctors were shocked Dean had not noticed any blood when he’d been to the toilet, saying that if he ever does see any red in his stools, he puts it down to food he’s eaten.
However, Dean says he now checks his stools all the time, insisting he’s eternally grateful, adding: ‘I feel there’s someone looking over me.’
Dean insists he is in good health now and, after leaving the South African camp, said he put on nearly a stone during his stint on the show because he ‘ate like a king’.
When Dean originally went on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2006, he was the eighth contestant to be booted from the competition (see image from his departure from the camp in 2006).
‘It’s a real honor to have been asked back,’ he said in a statement to ITV’s Good Morning Britain. In the last 22 years, I believe 300 individuals have attended camp, so for one of the first 15 to be asked back was truly an honor.
Dean claimed that he ate well because the team continued winning food during the challenges, whereas most celebrities lose weight in the jungle due to the meager rations they are provided.
This is true, he claimed because we kept winning—it was fantastic!
‘For me, it was an absolute breeze going into camp, I went in there for six, seven days, I ate like a king and it was nice!
‘That’s the thing in camp, people do lose weight. When I was in the original camp, with David Gest, rest his soul, I lost two stone and now I’ve put on nearly a stone!’
Dean appeared as Robbie Jackson in EastEnders on and off between 1993 and 2019 (pictured in EastEnders in 1999)
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The worst thing for me was not having a mirror, a simple little thing like a mirror, he replied when asked about the hardest part of going back to the forest.
We all have bed head when we get up in the morning, and you wonder, “Ah, what do I look like?” You’re blind!
“Can I just clarify that I did take a shower every day, twice a day?,” he continued.
‘They claimed on the show the other day that “it was my first shower in five days”‘
