Casualty actress and mum-of-one loses battle with cancer at 41

Casualty actress, Rebekah Gibbs, has passed away following a long battle with cancer.

The 41-year-old discovered she had breast cancer when she was weeks away from giving birth to her daughter Gigi back in 2008.

At the time, Rebekah was told it was probably benign but when her daughter was only a few months old she underwent further tests, and it was discovered she sadly had an aggressive form of cancer.

Rebekah was given the five-year all clear seven months ago but was discovered to have two brain tumours back in August after she suffered a seizure while on holiday in the UK.

The mum-of-one  opened up about the new diagnosis, explaining: “I was in Devon with my family when I had a huge seizure. Within an hour I was A&E. I was quickly diagnosed with two brain tumours,plus on the neck and a lesion on my lung.”

She also talked of the moment she discovered the lump in her breast, saying: “I close my eyes and I am right back there, in front of the TV, feeling petrified as I desperately run my finger above my baby bump and under my breast, willing the lump to disappear.”

Our thoughts are with her family at this painful time.