Gaybo upbeat after cancer fight news
BROADCASTING veteran Gay Byrne has revealed his relief as doctors have told him he doesn’t need any more chemotherapy.
The former Late Late Show host was diagnosed with prostate cancer over a year ago and stepped away from his TV and radio duties to battle the disease.
Now the RTE legend, 83, has announced he received good news about his condition.
However, Gaybo confessed he still has a “long hard road” in front of him.
Writing in his column for the Sunday Independent, he opened up about the relief of being told he didn’t need more of the painful treatment. The Meaning Of Life presenter wrote: “Being told you’re off chemo is rather like being told they’re not going to hang you tomorrow after all – a guy has just walked into Store Street and confessed he dunnit.
“But no matter how awful chemo is, it obviously did its job, and so all the pointers at this stage look good.
“More than that we cannot, and do not, claim. The fight continues and we’ve a long hard road to go yet. But dear god. The relief of escaping chemo.”
The Dubliner also thanked all those who wished him well after his diagnosis, admitting he was “overcome” by the support.
He wrote: “I never got around to saying thank you to all those people who were part of the flood, the inundation, the tsunami of good wishes, prayers, Masses, novenas and hopes expressed when my illness became known. From all
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Earlier this month, Gaybo opened up about his hellish experience with the chemotherapy.
He said: “There then descends upon you a blanket of such weariness, lassitude, depression, helplessness and hopelessness as I hope you will rarely experience.
“Think of the worst flu you’ve ever had and multiply it by 10. It’s not that you want to go to bed, you want to lie under the bed, in the dark, with a blanket over you and just die.”
Think of the worst flu you’ve ever had and multiply it by 10
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