Comedian Rhod Gilbert shared how surreal it was to be an ambassador for a cancer charity one minute, and a patient the next.
Speaking during the National Comedy Awards on Friday, hosted at North‘I’ve led five fundraising treks all over the world, I do stand-up comedy nights to raise money, I hosted quizzes… it’s been a big part of my life for the last 10 years, so imagine my surprise when I was diagnosed with cancer,’ the star began.
‘Which p***ed me off no end, because I thought I’d have life-long immunity! Apparently not. Apparently you’re just as likely to get cancer even if you spend your time fundraising for a cancer hospital. Anyway, I did get it, and it turns out it can come for anybody.’ He went on: ‘The other irony is that I was in Cuba on a trek, fundraising for this cancer centre when the first lump popped up in my neck. I left as a patron and came back as a patient.‘I’d been struggling for a while anyway, with pain in my neck and a sore throat and I couldn’t speak or breathe and I was postponing tour shows, I had terrible spasms in my face and tightness in my muscles.
Rhod served as a patron for a cancer charity for 10 years, making his own diagnosis all the more shocking Incredible to hear Rhod Gilbert talk about the lesser recognised head and neck cancer. The treatment is brutal and the side effects permanent
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