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<\/p>\nLinda Nolan has heartbreakingly opened up about her battle with incurable cancer, as she says that the disease has now become a "way of life" for her. <\/p>\n
The singer and TV star, 64, was first diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer in 2005, before getting the all-clear a year later. However, in 2017, she discovered that cancer had been found in her hip, which then spread to her liver in 2020.<\/p>\n
And earlier this year, Linda heartbreakingly shared that the cancer had spread to her brain, with two tumours being discovered on the left side of her brain.<\/p>\n
Now Linda has given a health update, revealing that while her tumours have become stable, she knows she won't survive the disease a third time.<\/p>\n
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Writing in her Mirror column, Linda said: "My tumours are stable and haven\u2019t got any bigger. The chemo is keeping them at bay for now. So, we carry on. Every three weeks, for as long as I can tolerate it."<\/p>\n
Describing how cancer, and her treatment, is a part of her life now, she continued: "I went off to have my sixth cycle then. It\u2019s become a way of life now."<\/p>\n
After praising her nurses, Linda discussed watching other cancer patients finish their treatments, as she wrote: "And I people-watch, listen to the bleeps and the clapping when those finishing treatment ring the bell. That\u2019s lovely, I\u2019m always happy for them, but I rang that bell twice. And I know now I won\u2019t be ringing it again."<\/p>\n
Linda previously opened up to OK!<\/b> about living with cancer, telling us: "I think anyone in this situation will tell you that you really don\u2019t have a choice. You do have a choice \u2013 you could do it all with a terrible, negative outlook and it just makes everything worse. <\/p>\n
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"And you\u2019re still going to have to go through the same thing anyway. So like I say, I\u2019m living with cancer, I\u2019m not dying from it."<\/p>\n
Linda's third cancer diagnosis came six years after her older sister Anne\u2019s and four years before sister Bernie\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Bernie tragically died from the disease in 2013, aged just 52, while Anne, 72, has since received the all-clear. Linda is still continuing her cancer journey and takes each day in her stride.<\/p>\n
In March Linda appeared on Good Morning Britain where she confirmed that the cancer had spread to her brain.<\/p>\n
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In a brave statement, she said: "I've always been open about my treatments and what's happening in my life. I just want to tell you, from me, that unfortunately and sadly for me my cancer has now spread to my brain, which I only found out on Monday.<\/p>\n
"That's obviously very frightening because there isn't much help for brain cancer at the moment apart from radiotherapy, which I am going to be having. But there is a new drug, which has been in use for a year, for brain cancer, and we're going to try me on that as a chemo drug with some other treatments."<\/p>\n
She added: "I've always been honest and I just wanted people to know that's the situation and I'm not giving up, I'm positive. I'm going to lose my hair, again, for the fourth time. My sister said: 'At least you've got some nice wigs now.'<\/p>\n
"I've moved back in with my sister to live, I was having falls, the cancer in my brain was affecting my balance and I had three quite nasty falls. So, as usual, my amazing family – I'm back living with my sister Denise and her partner. Maureen has been looking after me for the past few weeks."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n