Theo Burrell has updated fans with some heartbreaking news as she continues to battle a brain tumour. The specialist auctioneer rose to fame on the programme .
Taking to , the 37 year old has said that it’s been a “tough few weeks” as she completed her first round of chemotherapy and sadly lost two members from her community to brain tumours.
Posing with her husband, she penned: “Despite a few obstacles along the way this week, Alex & I have made up to Perthshire for a couple of nights.
“Chemo round one is done, and next week I’ll have bloods taken for round two. It’s been a bit of a tough few weeks as our wonderful community has lost two more members to brain tumours – both great guys with loving families, to whom I send all my best wishes at such a difficult time.
“Over the next couple of weeks my charity work resumes and some hopeful and promising news will be shared. Until then, I’m enjoying a bit of down time, some Highland walks, and willing spring to make itself known!”
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Theo, who lives in Edinburgh, was diagnosed with an aggressive grade 4 glioblastoma in 2022 after experiencing symptoms in 2021, such as nausea and headaches. She joined the show in 2018.
Theo is a specialist auctioneer in fine furniture and artwork. She found out about her diagnosis when her son was just one year old, which left her “devastated.”
She said in an interview with : “Receiving my diagnosis, at the age of 35, when my son was one year old, was devastating. Overnight everything had changed.
Theo Burrell with her husband Alex (Image: Instagram)
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“Suddenly I’d gone from being a healthy person in the middle of my life with a new baby, to having incurable cancer with maybe only a year or two left to live.
“What followed was months of surgery and treatment to try and prolong my life, and although I continue to make the best of each day, my tumour will return and it will kill me.”
Theo is related to the art collector Sir William Burrell, who is known for his prized art collection located in Glasgow. Brain tumours are the biggest cancer killer in children and adults under 40.