This Morning star given just weeks to live turns down treatment - saying 'I can't face that poison'
Hairdresser to the stars Trevor Sorbie has rejected chemotherapy treatment which might have given the 76-year-old "another month" to live. Trevor, who is part of the This Morning team, is living with bowel cancer which has spread to his liver.
In a raw interview with the Times today, he said: "When I asked a nurse if I'd still be here at Christmas, she said, 'We don't know, Trevor'." 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 told the publication he intends to die at home and doesn't want a funeral.
Trevor explained: "[They are] too upsetting. When the time comes, my ashes will be interred with [his wife] Carole's and our little dog."
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"But I'm going to defy medical science," he added. "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."
Trevor, who has styled the hair of world-famous people such as the late Queen Elizabeth II and Helen Mirren, said he had not slept in three days partly due to steroids which cause "mad insomnia" while reducing inflammation.
Carole was the person who called for an ambulance in 2019 when Trevor began bleeding heavily. After being diagnosed later down the line, a surgeon removed a tumour from his bowel, and he was informed there was a five per cent chance of it returning - but unfortunately, it did.
When the stylist first spoke out about his diagnosis, he said: "I lost a lot of blood one night and was unusually disturbed, so I went to the hospital.
"They told me I had bowel cancer and I had a little panic attack. I looked at Carole, 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."
Cancer has been part of Trevor's life for year after he gave up salon work to focus on his charity, My New Hair, in 2009 which he set up after cutting a wig for his sister-in-law who was having chemotherpay for bone cancer.
He's taught a countless amount of hairdressers not only to cut wigs well, but how to talk to those who are reaching the end of their lives.
