Countryfile’s Julia Bradbury shares hospital update following ‘brutal’ mastectomy

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Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury has shared the news that she has had a mastectomy following her breast cancer diagnosis.

The BBC host, who was born in Dublin, shared a photo of herself in her hospital bed following the operation telling her fans that she feels a sense of relief following the medical procedure.

Julia said she had ‘overwhelming’ anxiety in the lead up to the op, adding that she felt sad that such a ‘brutal treatment is necessary in so many breast cancer cases.’ ‘I’m out of surgery,’ the 51-year-old captioned a pic of herself sitting up in her bed with a brave smile on her face. ‘I need a drain to channel surplus blood from the surgery and I have to wear a special post-breast surgery/mastectomy designed bra for the next