United Kingdom, March 24 -- Ricky Gervais' long-time partner Jane Fallon has undergone breast cancer surgery.

The 65-year-old author joked she is being "held together by superglue" after she went under the knife on Monday (23.03.26), around six weeks after she was diagnosed with the disease.

Jane admitted the operation "went very well", and she shared several pictures on Instagram of herself in hospital.

She wrote in the caption: "Little update. Big day. I had my op this morning. I'm feeling remarkably fine (which is possibly the drugs, and they might also explain why I'm cross eyed in photo 5). It all went very well, apparently. I celebrated with a cup of tea and the brilliant @catsteadman 's new one (more on that later, but I'm lovin...