Nicki Chapman has revealed she underwent surgery for a brain tumour “the size of a golf ball” and told doctors not to resuscitate her if anything went wrong during the operation. Nicki Chapman has revealed she underwent surgery for a brain tumour “the size of a golf ball” and told doctors not to resuscitate her if anything went wrong during the operation. Nicki Chapman will not host this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show (BBC/PA)“You start at 5am and it’s five 12-hour days, and I don’t think I could manage that yet. 'I had a brain tumour the size of a golf ball': Nicki Chapmanhttps://t.co/1c1ZWrE4t6 — Nicki Chapman (@Nicki_Chapman) May 18, 2019The former Pop Idol and Popstars judge did not want to be resuscitated if complications arose during the operation. She said: “They’d said I could suffer a bleed on the brain during the surgery and I’d told him ‘If anything goes wrong, I don’t want to be resuscitated and come back in a body I can’t use’.”Sarah Lindsell, chief executive of The Brain Tumour Charity, said: “Our thoughts are with Nicki Chapman as she continues her recovery from brain tumour surgery.

Source: Irish Independent May 18, 2019 08:26 UTC