Coronation Street's Kym Marsh gives emotional update on dad's cancer diagnosis
Coronation Street's Kym Marsh has given an emotional update on her dad's cancer diagnosis.
The actress shared an Instagram story from a hospital waiting room where she wrote: "Another scan for dad. Never away from the hospital these days," along with a sad face emoji. The 47-year-old has been updating her fans on her dad's health ever since he was diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer.
She previously said the disease had spread to his spine and that the medical professionals were not able to give him any chemotherapy. Earlier this month, the star opened up on BBC Morning Live to both her co-host Gethin Jones as well as the audience about how she has been feeling and how her dad has been getting on.
Kym posted on her Instagram (instagram.com/marsh_kym)
Kym's dad has incurable cancer (Kym Marsh/Instagram)At the time, Gethin said: "I know you've been spending quite a lot of time with your dad recently. We know Dave really well on Morning Live and the reason you've been spending time with him is because you've had some bad news, haven't you?"
Kym then responded: "Yes, Morning Live has been following dad's cancer diagnosis which was about two-and-a-half years ago I think now and his latest scan results have shown, unfortunately, that there are more cancer deposits further up his spine now."
Corrie's Sue Cleaver says I'm A Celebrity stint helped her to push boundaries
She added: "They are doing further scans to see if it's gone into any more of his bones but unfortunately they can't offer him chemotherapy. So they advised us to go and spend lots of time with him and make lots of memories. So that's what we've been doing, we went out on Halloween to a lights trail and he's just been enjoying spending time with his family."
Gethin pointed out that Dave always watches the show from home and announced: "We send him all our love, and hopefully we'll see him very soon. The 78-year-old appeared on the BBC show himself when he told viewers bout the importance of getting the prostate checked after he delayed going to the doctors during the pandemic.
Kym's mum Pauline then spoke about the support they've received as a family as she broke down in tears. She said: "Last week, that was the first time that we had Macmillan nurses on board which was brilliant, as I know I've got my family."
When Kym first opened up about her dad being diagnosed with cancer, she said that it was already spreading to other parts of his body. She said that doctors had told them it was "incurable" but he could have some treatments.
She told The Sun: "At this stage doctors are talking about it being incurable, but it is treatable and the hope is that they may be able to extend his life - but by how much nobody really knowns and he is in discomfort."
Read more similar news:
Comments:
comments powered by Disqus
