'Inside I'm screaming' - Linda Nolan makes heartbreaking admission as incurable cancer spreads to brain
14.07.2023 - 20:29
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Linda Nolan has spoken about the devastation of losing her hair for a fourth time in her ongoing battle with cancer. It comes as she undergoes chemotherapy again after her incurable cancer spread to her brain.
The singer was first diagnosed with cancer nearly 20 years ago but said her previous experiences did not make it any easier to deal with her latest hair loss. She shared how she was "emotional" after a hairdresser friend shaved her head.
She told the Mirror they enjoyed a visit to the pub afterwards. And although she has two "lovely" wigs, she said she had since found it easier to don a baseball cap. Linda said she wanted to be photographed to inspire others going through the same thing.
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She said: "My friend who is a hairdresser came round and just shaved it. Then I said ‘Get me a cap, we’re going out for a drink'.
"When we got back I was emotional. My sister Maureen said ‘Are you alright?’ and I couldn’t speak, then I said ‘Not really’. She came and sat beside me and put her arm around me.
“I just feel, because I’ve been having steroid treatment as well and my face is swollen, I look like Mrs Potato Head. People say, ‘Well you know you look great’, but inside I’m screaming ‘I just don’t want to lose my hair again!’ I was devastated at losing it.
“I have two lovely wigs, blonde, short, wigs, I will get them out - but I hate them. I check it’s on straight all the time, or if it’s warm I’m boiling. It’s been easier to wear the baseball cap.”
Linda, 64, was first diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2005. It returned as incurable secondary breast cancer in her hip in 2017 and spread to her liver in 2020, before