Hairy Bikers TV chef Dave Myers has said his cancer is “going the right way” following “30 lots” of chemotherapy over the past year. He revealed the heartbreaking diagnosis publically back in May last year.
Dave, 65, has not specified what type of cancer he has but gave an update on how his health is as he battles the disease.
He told The Times: “I’m doing all right. It’s a work in progress. We’ve had some hard years but this one’s been… I’ve had 30 lots of chemo, spread over three weeks and then a week off. It’s going the right way.”
He added that his doctors think they can turn the last bit of cancer “off with radiotherapy”.
“So that’s five sessions every other week and then I go film in Scotland for two weeks, then go back on chemo, but that’ll be twice a month.”
The pair are due to film a BBC Two travel series, The Hairy Bikers Go West, which will see the pair journey from Scotland to Devon across eight episodes.
Dave's co-star Si King, 56, said it is “very difficult to verbalise” his distress at talking about Dave Myers’ condition.
“There’s a sense of loss, but there’s also that sense of hope, you know, knowing my mate as I do. He’s a scrapper. He’s a fighter,” he said about his pal.
“But there were certain points that I thought, ‘Where’s it going to go? What is happening to my friend?'”
Dave said at times during his treatment he has been too ill to walk, unable to ride his motorcycle due to being unsteady and his hair fell out, along with his eyelashes.
But he added his “hair’s better than it was before chemo”, and he has begun travelling again.
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