Dawn French reveals secret hysterectomy after cancer scare: ‘That’s the real reason I lost so much weight’

Dawn French has movingly revealed that she has undergone a hysterectomy in secret after a cancer scare - and that this is the real reason for her weight loss

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by Kayleigh Dray |
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Dawn French shockingly revealed that she underwent a secret hysterectomy three years ago whilst speaking at the opening of her new one woman show in Sheffield.

"My doc was so convinced I had uterine cancer"

The 56-year-old comedienne said: “I became quite ill about three years ago, with all kinds of hell ​kicking off in here, where I keep my lady plumbing.

“Anyway, I eventually went to hospital, and my doc was so convinced I had uterine cancer, that he ordered a second biopsy to be sure, when the first one was clear.

"Even before the result of the second one, I decided to be done with my old enemy, my defunct reproductive stuff. It was curtailing my life."

She added: “So my womb and I parted company. Goodbye."

Dawn French went on to explain that her hysterectomy was the real reason behind her dramatic weight loss three years ago, as opposed to the many gastric band rumours floating around at the time.

Dawn French in 2006, before her dramatic weight loss
Dawn French in 2006, before her dramatic weight loss

She revealed: "When I was due to have my hysterectomy the doc told me that if I could lose some weight before the op, they would be able to do it via ‘key-hole’, and I would recover in three weeks or so.

“Otherwise it would be big open surgery, and three months to recover. So, I set about dropping a few stone.

"No magic wand, just tiny, joyless low-cal eating and lots more walking for weeks and weeks. It was grim.

"I lost seven and a half stone. I could have the keyhole surgery. Great. That’s all it was, practical.”

**A hysterectomy removes the womb and means you can no longer have children. They are carried out to treat conditions including ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, cervical cancer or cancer of the fallopian tubes

Around 30,000 were carried out in England between 2012 and 2013.**

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