Rhod Gilbert reveals heartbreaking way he deals with stage 4 cancer diagnosis

Comedian Rhod Gilbert has opened up astir being diagnosed with signifier 4 crab successful July 2022 but helium admits he's connected a ngo to person radical speech astir the condition

Rhod Gilbert has opened up astir however helium deals with his crab diagnosis.

The comedian, 56, announced successful July 2022 that helium had been diagnosed with signifier 4 crab and was subsequently being treated astatine the Velindre Cancer Centre successful Cardiff. Following his diagnosis, Rhod took a interruption from his hectic vocation successful bid to assistance his recovery, which included surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

At the time, helium said helium would person "never imagined" being a diligent astatine the centre, having antecedently supported them implicit the years. Initially, Rhod had been suffering from a sore throat and trouble breathing. His symptoms worsened portion helium was successful Cuba fundraising. Speaking successful December 2022, helium said: "In May, I noticed lumps started popping up successful places they shouldn't be. It turns retired I've got Stage 4 cancer.

"I besides caught Covid connected that locomotion arsenic well. I came location with crab and Covid from a Velindre fundraising trek... The irony of that! I went arsenic a Velindre patron and came location arsenic a patient." Now, helium has revealed however helium is dealing with his ain diagnosis. Speaking to Reach Plc, helium said: "It's conscionable everywhere, which is wherefore I deliberation it's important to speech astir it and get it retired determination and effort and find humour successful it and effort and normalise it, and that's what I've been doing connected stage. I conscionable focused connected what bully I could bash successful that infinitesimal I suppose."

The comedian antecedently opened up astir utilizing drama arsenic a mode to header with his ain journey, saying the illness is "a batch little scary if your oncologist is laughing with you." He made his TV comeback successful aboriginal 2023 aft receiving the all-clear and brought his affirmative cognition backmost to the signifier with a caller circuit called Rhod Gilbert and The Giant Grapefruit.

He explained the name, saying it was partially a motion to James and the Giant Peach and partially a notation to "the elephantine tumour that was successful his neck." He added that the circuit was besides astir however "when beingness gives you lemons, you marque lemonade.

"But this is what to bash erstwhile beingness starts throwing grapefruits astatine you which is worse successful my opinion," helium continued to Alex and Jermaine. "But, it's a blessed show, it's an uplifting show. People travel retired uplifted, afloat of beans. It's astir apt the happiest amusement I've ever done, weirdly."

Earlier this year, Rhod appeared connected BBC's The One Show and shared an update astir his condition. He told Alex Jones and her erstwhile co-star Jermaine Jenas that helium was "still each clear!" and was inactive nether the "wonderful" attraction of the Velindre Cancer Centre. He said: "Still nether the attraction of the Velindre Cancer Centre successful Cardiff, inactive having checks each fewer weeks but, astatine the moment, each clear. I mean, I consciousness wonderful. I person a fewer issues that I whitethorn oregon whitethorn not person for the remainder of my life. Who knows, who cares! I'm here, I'm bully and each night, I'm benignant of on-stage pinching myself that I’m doing this, performing present 2 years aft being diagnosed."

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