Kirsty Gallacher has given an update on her benign brain tumour.
The presenter, 50, had radiotherapy last year to try to shrink the inoperable tumour, which is located in the inner canal of her right ear.
Appearing on the Vanessa show on Channel 5 on Wednesday, Kirsty revealed she has an MRI scan coming up to assess if radiotherapy worked.
Kirsty said: ‘I found out I had basically a brain tumour, an acoustic neuroma in my right ear.
‘I went deaf a few years ago, and I had radiotherapy last year, so I’ve got my MRI coming up soon where we’ll know whether it’s worked.
‘The success rate’s very good, it’s not going to get rid of it. It’s whether it shrinks it and sort of kills the DNA that keeps making it grow, really.
Kirsty Gallacher, 50, appeared on the Vanessa show on Wednesday where she gave an update on her benign brain tumour
‘It’s hard, I’m very hard of hearing now in my right ear, and the tinnitus is far worse than it was sadly when I was here a year ago.’
Four years ago, the mother-of-two shared she had been diagnosed with a benign ear tumour.
Since then she has spoken about her ongoing tinnitus battle and hearing loss, which has been brought on from her health condition.
The former Sky Sports presenter previously explained her tumour would be ‘very dangerous’ to remove by surgery.
Speaking on Loose Women, Kirsty said: ‘A couple of years ago, I literally woke up and I couldn’t really hear out of my right ear and I thought, “Oh, that’s a bit odd”.
‘I’d been flying the week before and thought it’s not popped, and went to the doctor and it was a medical emergency because obviously, it could be a brain tumour.
‘So, they were brilliant, they sent me straight to see a consultant.
‘It took a while for them to work out what was going on because it was after Covid, but it is called an acoustic neuroma, which is a benign tumour that happens to many people. Don’t know why.’
The presenter, 50, had radiotherapy last year to try to shrink the inoperable tumour, which is located in the inner canal of her right ear
The presenter has also discussed the challenges she faces in noisy environments.
She said: ‘They have suggested a hearing aid. I’m not there yet, I don’t think. I’m managing it fine.
‘I do find it upsetting and I sympathise… it’s management and sometimes if I’m in an acoustically difficult environment, say I was out for dinner last night, noisy environment, I have to leave sometimes. I get really upset.
‘I can’t cope with it because I can’t hear anyone… I now look at people’s lips because my hearing loss is pretty bad in my right ear.’
Kirsty was diagnosed after experiencing hearing difficulties during rehearsals for GB News in 2021.
