Trevor Sorbie, a regular on This Morning, may have just ‘weeks to live’ after declining chemotherapy treatment.
The 76-year-old celebrity hairdresser, who last month revealed his terminal bowel cancer diagnosis which has since spread to his liver, shared that chemo might extend his life by a month. However, he’s decided to turn it down, telling the Times: “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’.” He added, “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.”
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Mr Sorbie, who has styled the likes of the Queen and Helen Mirren, admitted during the interview that he hadn’t slept in three days due to steroids, which while reducing pain and inflammation also cause “mad insomnia”.
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His illustrious career has seen him styling the hair of huge music stars such as Adam Ant, Bryan Ferry, George Harrison and Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones and Robbie Williams. Trevor’s diagnosis came when he experienced severe bleeding, prompting him to seek medical attention.
He recalled: “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.”, reports the Mirror.
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In 2009, he left the salon industry to concentrate on his charity, My New Hair, which he founded after creating a wig for his sister-in-law, Jackie, who was undergoing chemotherapy for bone cancer. He has trained thousands of hairdressers not only in wig cutting but also in communicating with individuals nearing the end of their lives.
Trevor expressed his gratitude to his wife Carole, describing her as “Florence Nightingale and Mother Teresa rolled into one”. It was Carole who dialled for an ambulance in 2019 when he started bleeding profusely.
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He admitted that he had no symptoms prior to this, except for diarrhoea and constipation, which he had been experiencing for several months and had disregarded. Surgery removed a tumour from his bowel, and he was informed there was a five per cent chance of recurrence, which unfortunately happened.
Speaking about his hopes, he said: “I want to live every day enjoying what I’ve got and making the most of it.”
Sorbie plans to die at home, though not just yet, and does not wish for a funeral. “Too upsetting. When the time comes my ashes will be interred with Carole’s and our little dog. ” “But I’m going to defy medical science,” he insists.
“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.”
Revealing his terminal cancer diagnosis on This Morning last month, he shared: “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.”
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