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Privacy Notice This Morning star Trevor Sorbie has been given the devastating news that he has “just weeks to live” and has been warned that he may not make Christmas. The renowned international hairdresser, 75, has been battling “five cancers in three years” after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. This week, Trevor appeared on This Morning where he shared news of his terminal cancer diagnosis with hosts Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley. The 75 year old, who has styled the hair of numerous A-listers, including the Queen and Helen Mirren, was overcome with emotion as he tragically revealed he didn’t have long left.
Trevor was told that he might not make Christmas as he has ‘just weeks to live’
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Trevor first spoke about his diagnosis which began when he experienced severe bleeding, prompting him to visit the doctor. He recounted: “I lost a lot of blood one night and was unusually disturbed so went to hospital. They told me I had bowel cancer and I had a little panic attack. I looked at Carole [his wife] and she looked at me, we were both speechless, didn’t know what to say. So I went and had a big gin and tonic.” His wife Carole, who joined him on the This Morning sofa, continued as she fought back the tears: “It then spread to his liver and he had a six and a half hour operation, he came back and he had another six and a half hour operation.” Trevor then shared: “That’s my life. Sixty years I’ve worked passionately to achieve beyond my wildest dreams. When I go in it’s my staff, I’ve had them for 30 years, I’m just one of the team. “I had a nurse come round the other day to assess me and as I asked ‘Will I make Christmas?’ She said ‘I don’t know Trevor’. I said ‘I damn well will. The brain rules the body. The heart plays a big part as well but that is the engine. Because I’ve got a charity I’ve helped many women through cancer, cutting wigs for them. People handle it in different ways.
Ben Shephard and Cat Deeley spoke to Trevor about his devastating diagnosis this week
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Trevor is a four-time British Hairdresser of the Year winner and MBE recipient
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Sign up to OK!’s daily newsletter to get updates sent to your inbox for free “There is no one way, no right way, wrong way. It is however, that person deals with it. If you get this right (the brain) and it’s easy for me to say get that right. “You can fight this. Doctors have even said you’re breaking medical science, you shouldn’t be here right now. Last night we went out and just had a lovely dinner.” Trevor, a four-time British Hairdresser of the Year winner and MBE recipient has previously spoken about his heartbreaking experience of having “five cancers in three years” and the challenges of undergoing chemotherapy, which has left him with numbness in his fingers. In an emotional reveal, the celebrity hair maestro shared his health struggles: “When you do hair, you feel the hair – it’s the material that you feel, the quality of it, the thickness, the curl, and I can’t do that any more. But I go around and say, ‘Excuse me, madam,’ and I start talking to them. We have such friendly chats.”Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnThis MorningChristmas
