Television presenter Jonnie Irwin has spoken about his diagnoses after receiving the devastating news that he has terminal cancer as he prepares for his 'last Christmas ' with his family.
The Place in the Sun star said he went from no symptoms at all to a terminal diagnosis in a couple of days. He has described how after filming an episode of A Place in the Sun, the star said he had "squares coming into my vision" while driving and was subsequently told to go to hospital by a sound man on the Channel 4 show, the Mirror reports.
"I wanted to finish the show but.... they did some tests. I went home, returned the following day and they said I had six months to live," he told MailOnline.
The 49-year-old has been given months to live after being told he'd had lung cancer for years, which has now sadly spread through his body. He said he had no idea he'd been living with lung cancer, and that the tumours had grown, without symptoms, and spread through his body to the lymph nodes until they were pressing against his brain.
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The presenter spoke out as he prepares to spend the festive season with son Rex, three and twins Rafa and Cormac, two, and his wife Jess, 40. The couple are hosting Christmas for their families this year.
"You wouldn't imagine anything was amiss," said Jess, who added her mum, dad and brother will be joining them for the special day. Jonnie's family will also be there as the group enjoy the festivities in the couple's gorgeously renovated home.
Speaking further about his diagnoses, he said he was initially given a "wonder drug" after being told he had six months to live, but sadly the cancer has "come back so come back so violently, it's even surprised the doctors".
"I've had a big dose of reality. I'm not going to beat this. People say, 'Don't worry. You will.' Well I probably won't, mate,'".
The star's wife Jess heartbreakingly admitted she was scared by the 'sadness coming her way'.
She and Jonnie have discussed her future after her husband is gone with Jonnie saying he wants her to be happy
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