Linda Nolan has detailed her painful chemotherapy side effects as she battles cancer.
The Nolan Sisters star was diagnosed with cancer for the third time in 2020, whilst her sister Anne also received a diagnosis within days of her. Whilst Anne's cancer is now gone, Linda is still battling hers.
She appeared on ITV's Good Morning Britain with her sister this morning, where she explained that her cancer isn't curable, so she has weekly chemo sessions which leave her with painful side effects including wobbly legs and pain in her feet and fingers - but says the tough health battle has given her a new perspective on life.
Speaking on the show, she said: "My cancer isn't curable, it's treatable, so I'm having palliative treatment. I'm having chemotherapy once a week," as her sister Anne added: "She actually had it yesterday!"
Linda then explained some of her own side effects from her weekly chemotherapy.
"I feel fine, yeah. Because it's once a week, it's not as harsh as Anne had it because she had it every three weeks, they batter you with it. It was really aggressive. But for me, because it's palliative, it's not as full on. I feel ok. My legs are a bit wobbly and I have neuropathic pain in my feet and fingers, which is like really bad pins and needles all the time," she added.
She explained how she has a new perspective since finding out she has cancer.
Linda shared: "I think - it sounds silly - but in a way it's given me a sense of freedom. Now I go, I'm not going to do that because I want to do this. Like, you've got to go to Ireland to do a TV show but I'm going to my niece's seventh birthday.
"I'm going to that party and I'll say, I can't do that because of the party. It gives me a new perspective on life for me because I don't know how long I've got. Whatever time I've got left, I want to make memories and have a great time."
Linda recently explained how it is her family that help her get through the toughest days.
Asked how she has the strength to keep going, she said: "I want to live! I want to watch my great nieces and nephews grow up. They give me strength, as do my siblings who won’t hear of me giving in."
