A Place In The Sun star Jonnie Irwin has concerned fans after he revealed that he was rushed back in hospital last week.
The terminally ill TV presenter, 50, issued a health update to his loyal legion of fans online. Sharing a snap in his hospital gown, the dad-of-three opened up about his recent hospital stay ahead of an MRI scan.
He explained: “This is look of a man who’s not slept for 6 nights and awaiting a full body MRI scan of at least an hour. If you haven’t had one they’re claustrophobic and claustrophobic and omit loud random noises.
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“Joy. Take note on attempt of a jaunty not on my own! I’m expecting to come out to news of India all out 195!” It didn’t take long before his followers attempted to boost his spirits as they shared their supportive messages online.
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One user penned: “You’ve got this Jonnie!” as another agreed: “Good luck, lovely Jonnie.” A third echoed: “All the positive thoughts in the world are coming your way.”
The TV favourite is currently living with lung cancer which he was diagnosed with back in 2020. In 2022, doctors confirmed that the cancer had spread to his brain and was told he likely only had six months left to live.
But the presenter went on to smash expectations and has continued to strive with the support of his loving family. Earlier this week, Jonnie admitted that he has been embracing alternative options in order to allow him to feel “empowered” throughout his battle with cancer.
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The author behind How To Stave Cancer, Jane McLelland, has been giving Jonnie personal dietary advice in a bid to help him combat his symptoms. The TV presenter recently discussed how Jane’s help has changed his life when he appeared on her podcast by the same name.
He gushed: “I just think the work you’re doing is so important because if I just listened to the prognosis I’m perennially given, I’d be curling up in a ball and crying myself to death. But I feel much more empowered and much more educated.
“There is a sphere of help and the help from the NHS is a massive part of that sphere, but there’s also bits and bobs that I can do. Check this out – I’m in there at least an hour a day and I’ve got to go in there later [a hyperbaric oxygen chamber].”
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As part of his new treatments, Jonnie said he was “doing Oxygen, vitamin C” in order to achieve enhanced benefits. The podcast host explained the physical benefit of this practice, adding: “Intravenous vitamin C so it bypasses the gut it doesn’t cause diarrhoea.”
Insisting it made him feel “great”, the Channel 4 star said: “I feel great after it. I feel great after hyperbaric – I fee great after vitamin C.
“These things, if I was fit and well, I’d be trying to use them anyway because I’m so much more open minded probably because I’ve got a gun to my head. And it’s a rich kaleidoscope of help that I’m pursuing and I will continue to do that.”
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After feeling the benefits of the alternative treatments, Jonnie admitted that he felt as though the new treatments had added “weeks and months” to his terminal prognosis and had given him physical relief from some of his previous symptoms
He told Jane: “At the very least you’re giving people hope and as a patient that can add weeks and months. A positive attitude buys you days and buys you weeks… I’ve been jaundiced, but I think I’m coming out of it.”
Since his diagnosis, the presenter has spoken about his wish to spend as much time with his family as possible. He shares three-years-old twins Rafa and Cormac with wife Jess as well as their five-year-old son Rex.
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