ITV This Morning star has 'weeks to live' after turning down cancer treatment

Trevor Sorbie has told how he has just 'weeks to live' after turning down chemotherapy treatment. The celebrity hairdresser - who is a regular on ITV's This Morning - said cancer treatment 'might have given him another month'.

Last month, the 76-year-old announced that he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer which has since spread to his liver. But he said he has declined treatment after being told he might not make it to Christmas.

In an interview with the Times, he said: "Chemo might give me another month but 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".

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"And 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." He admitted to also suffering from insomnia due to steroids used to reduce pain and inflammation.

Recalling the moment he first learned about his diagnosis in 2019, he said: "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."

Trevor expressed his gratitude to his wife Carole, describing her as 'Florence Nightingale and Mother Teresa rolled into one'. Before his diagnosis, Sorbie had diarrhoea and constipation for a few months, which he had initially ignored.

Following surgery to remove a tumour from his bowel, he was told there was a five per cent chance of the cancer recurring. Sorbie said: "I want to live every day enjoying what I've got and making the most of it."

He added: "When the time comes, my ashes will be interred with Carole's and our little dog. But I'm going to defy medical science. 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."

Sorbie has styled the likes of the Queen and Helen Mirren. His career includes styling Adam Ant, Bryan Ferry, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, the Beach Boys, Kylie Minogue, Grace Jones, Robbie Williams, and Lorraine Kelly.

In 2009, Trevor devoted himself full-time to his charity My New Hair - founded after styling a wig for his sister-in-law Jackie, who was undergoing chemotherapy for bone cancer.