Loose Women presenter Kaye Adams opened up about the aftermath of surgery after fearing she had throat cancer, following an interview that prompted a wake-up call11:52, 26 Aug 2026Loose Women star Kaye Adams has opened up about a scary health ordeal that left her fearing she had cancer. Speaking on the latest episode of her How To Be 60 podcast, the 63-year-old revealed she had undergone a hemithyroidectomy, an operation to remove one half of the thyroid gland so it can be examined for abnormalities.‌This came after doctors "kept tabs" on her following a scan last year, with medics telling her at a recent appointment that it would be best to have it removed. Speaking to her co-star Karen MacKenzie, the broadcaster said she initially sought medical advice after feeling what seemed like a lump in her neck.‌The broadcaster said she was "prodding" with her neck, following an interview with Mark Steel, who had been telling the pair about his experience with throat cancer.‌"And as is typical, once you've done that kind of interview you go away and you start prodding about," she explained.After turning to a friend who is a nurse for advice, she recalled: "[I was] fully expecting her to tell me to not be stupid but she said, 'I think you should get that checked'."This was about 18 months ago, so you go to the GP, they check it out, then you end up in the hospital, they did a scan, all the while thinking I was overreacting," she added.‌"They took a biopsy and said they didn't know what was in there and I said 'just leave it' because I couldn't face it."Fearing she had cancer, the Loose Women star recalled: "They always give you the risks don't they with these procedures, so apart from the fact that you might have cancer, which is obviously not good, the risk is to your voice box, so I was really nervous about that, which is I think probably why I delayed it for so long."‌She went on to say: "As I was leaving he said, 'It will be about three weeks before you get the results' and I said, 'Oh unless it's something really terrible?', and he said, 'Yes, you'll be told right away'."The Loose Women star said she then received a call just a few days later. Fearing the worst, she decided not to answer until the third call.When she finally plucked up the courage to pick up the phone, the presenter said she was thankfully told the growth was benign.‌"I was jumping up and down like a kid at Christmas who’d just got given six ponies and a bike. What a relief," she told listeners.She added that she had reached a point where she feared nothing good was going to happen again following what she described as "a hellish year", seemingly in reference to bullying allegations made against her, which she denied.Article continues below"You get yourself into a headspace that nothing is ever going to be good again. That everything is going to be bad," she admitted."Last year, with my troubles, as we call them. I just lost my appetite. I just didn't want to eat anything. And the only thing that I wanted to eat was mango."