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

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 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.

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’.

‘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!’