'i'm going on my terms'
This Morning star rejects cancer treatment that could buy him a month to live saying it’s ‘poison’ and he’ll die at home
The award-winning hairdresser suffered nerve damage after 24 rounds of chemotherapy in 2020
HAIRDRESSER to the stars Trevor Sorbie has revealed he's turned down chemotherapy that would have given him another month to live.
The 76-year-old, often seen on This Morning, slammed the treatment as "poison" and insisted he'll die at home.
4
4
Trevor last month revealed he has terminal bowel cancer, which has now spread to his liver.
Despite being given the option of chemo, Trevor told The Times in an emotional interview: "I can’t face any more of that poison.
"When I asked a nurse if I’d still be here at Christmas, she said, ‘We don’t know, Trevor’. And that annoyed me. I’ve got cancer in my body, but not in here...
“My brain is my engine and I’ll go when I’m ready.
READ MORE ON THIS MORNING
“I’m going to defy medical science.
“If the cancer reaches my brain, then I’ll accept it, but until then, I’m in charge, and I’m going on my terms.”
Trevor's tumour was discovered in 2019 - and he underwent a six-hour surgery to remove it.
Unfortunately - despite just a five per cent chance of recurrence - the cancer came back and spread to his liver.
Most read in Reality
He found out about his devastating terminal diagnosis in June, having been given six months to live.
Trevor suffered nerve damage in his fingers and toes after 24 rounds of chemotherapy in 2020.
Sun Health Explainer: Bowel Cancer
He refuses to undergo the treatment again after accepting his fate,
The award-winning hairdresser has styled Dame Helen Mirren and model Naomi Campbell’s hair.
He's also cut the locks of Adam Ant, Bryan Ferry, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones and Robbie Williams.
Trevor lives with his third wife Carole, and their much-loved cavalier spaniel, Lisbon, in Hampshire where he intends to pass away.
Head-strong Trevor has refused to have a funeral, adding: “Too upsetting. When the time comes my ashes will be interred with Carole’s and our little dog."
4
4
What is bowel cancer and how can it be detected?
Bowel cancer is where the disease starts in the large intestines.
It can also be called colon cancer or rectal cancer, depending on where it starts.
Bowel cancer is the second deadliest form of the disease in the UK - after lung cancer.
Fewer than one in ten people survive bowel cancer if it's picked up at stage 4, but detected quickly - at stage 1 before it's spread - more than nine in ten patients will live five years or longer.
The five red-flag symptoms of bowel cancer include:
- Bleeding from the back passage, or blood in your poo
- A change in your normal toilet habits - going more frequently for example
- Pain or a lump in your tummy
- Extreme tiredness
- Losing weight
Topics