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Linda Nolan has shared a health update following her ongoing cancer treatment.
The 65-year-old singer was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and went into remission the following year. In 2017, she revealed she had been diagnosed with a secondary cancer in her hip, which spread to her liver in 2020. Three years later, the cancer had spread to her brain.
Nolan said she was left “sobbing” when doctors gave her the latest results, which revealed two of her largest tumors had grown in size.
Talking with The mirrorNolan said: “I cried when my doctor first told me. I know a lot of people are suffering and going through things like this, but I thought, just for once, could cancer just leave me alone? My heart sank.”
She continued: “I was afraid something was wrong. My balance has been getting worse and my memory; my sisters have to help me when I get lost in the middle of a sentence.”
After doctors confirmed Nolan's fears that her cancer had spread, they confirmed she would be prescribed a new life-prolonging breast cancer drug called Enhertu.
Enhertu is not available on the National Health Service because its manufacturers and the NHS spending watchdog could not agree on a price for the drug.
Nolan said of his upcoming treatment: “Being able to try a new medication is amazing, I just wish everyone could have this opportunity.
“Being able to try this is a hope, it is a plan B that is not available to everyone. Taking this medicine away from women is taking away their hope.”
Although the singer admitted she fears the possibility of losing her hair for the fifth time during her cancer treatment, she said she is “ready to try anything” to regain her full health.
“I've done it before and I can do it again,” he said.
In 2023, Nolan admitted that he had started planning his funeral after being diagnosed with brain cancer. “I think it's a one-way trip now,” he said.
While her older sister Anne successfully recovered from cancer, Nolan lost her husband Brian Hudson and younger sister Bernie to the disease. The mirror who had organised their own funerals, adding that “it's easier for the people left behind”.
She revealed: “I’ve been doing some research. A Neil Sedaka song, “Our Last Song Together.” And I know who I’m going to turn to for the funeral.”
