Linda Nolan revealed she had been diagnosed with brain cancer on today's Good Morning Britain.
The 64-year-old opened up about her diagnosis after she was pictured leaving a hospital last week with her sister Maureen helping her into a car. She told Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley: "I just want to tell you that sadly for me that my cancer has now spread to my brain, which I only found out on Monday.
"Obviously, it's very frightening because there isn't much help for brain cancer at the moment. Apart from radiotherapy, which I'm going to be having. There is a new drug that has been in use for a year for brain cancer.
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""They're going to try me on that with some other treatment. I just wanted people to know that is the situation. I'm not giving up and I'm positive." Linda has previously battled cancer as she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2005 but got the all-clear in 2006. In 2017, cancer returned in her hip and spread to her liver in 2020.
However, Linda admitted the brain cancer diagnosis came as a shock as was not displaying typical symptoms associated with the condition. She said: "Because my speech hadn't been affected or my vision, I wasn't getting any headaches, I was praying it was something maybe to do with my spine. So really it was shock when he said it’s [cancer] in your brain.
"The hope is that with this new drug, that they're hailing the wonder drug, the hope is that it’ll do wonders for me, please God."
However, Linda revealed the disease had impacted her balance as she said: "I’ve moved back in with my sister to live.
“I was having falls. The cancer in my brain was affecting my balance and I had three quite nasty falls. So as usual, my amazing family - I’m back living with my sister Denise and her partner Tom, and Maureen - have been looking after me for the past two weeks."
According to the NHS' official website, the symptoms of a brain tumour vary depending on the exact part of the brain affected.
NHS brain cancer symptoms
However, common symptoms can include:
- headaches
- seizures (fits)
- persistently feeling sick (nausea), being sick (vomiting) and drowsiness
- mental or behavioural changes, such as memory problems or changes in personality
- progressive weakness or paralysis on one side of the body
- vision or speech problems
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