Linda Nolan shares terrifying cancer update and says 'I'm trying not to panic'

02 November 2023 , 08:42

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Linda Nolan shares terrifying cancer update and says 'I'm trying not to panic'

Linda Nolan has bravely opened up about her fear amid living alongside incurable cancer and shared her memory is beginning to deteriorate.

The Nolan Sisters singer, 64, was first diagnosed with cancer nearly 20 years ago. The Daily Mirror columnist has had incurable secondary breast cancer since 2017 which has since spread to the brain and caused her to experience hair loss for the fourth time in her life.

Writing in her latest column this week, Linda reveals her nephew and his family are moving overseas - something that has proven to be difficult and bittersweet for the singer, as she knows she may never seem them again. "You’re over the moon for them and yet, when I say goodbye, I know I might not see them again," Linda writes. "That’s the elephant in the room."

The Nolan family unveiling the blue plaque at The Cliffs Hotel in Blackpool where they were discovered 50 years ago (Aaron Parfitt / SplashNews.com)

Linda continues to share with readers her fears about living alongside her cancer diagnosis, admitting: "I’m not going to panic because, if I panic, cancer wins." The Celebrity Big Brother contestant states she needs "to be realistic" as "the reality is, my memory seems to be getting worse."

"I’ve spoken a few times about the Nolans’ blue plaque (we have a blue plaque now, didn’t you know?). Me and the family unveiled it with such delight," Linda begins when sharing her story. "What I haven’t spoken about is the less fabulous moment of that day. The moment I had to turn to Coleen’s son Jake’s girlfriend and ask her what my niece, Coleen’s daughter, is called."

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She adds: "My memory has been lapsing for a while but that moment was as bad as it has got. I could actually have asked Ciara herself – that’s it, CIARA. She’s funny like her mum, and she’d have responded just like her, too. You can imagine the comments about my age... But I didn’t, because deep down it doesn’t feel right. As I said, I won’t panic. My balance is still better than it was, I’m not having headaches. I have some scans arranged and I’ll wait for them."

During an interview with the Daily Mirror in July, Linda admitted it's hard to be positive at times but added: "I wake up every morning and I think this is another day to celebrate rather than to think I’m getting closer to not being here. That helps me." She continues to disclose that she stops herself from asking about prognosis.

"Alone sometimes in my bedroom I’ll just lie there and think I wonder if I’ll be here in a month? Will it all happen very quickly?” she confided when speaking candidly about her health. Doctors have told the brave star everyone responds to treatment differently, and so she holds onto short term milestones.

Zoe Delaney