New anguish for Playboy
FORMER Playboy bunny Kerri Parker has refused chemotherapy and is fighting brain cancer with illegal cannabis oil.
The beauty queen risks a potential fiveyear jail term or unlimited fine for using THC, the component in cannabis which makes users feel high.
She chose the drug rather than face 12 gruelling rounds of chemo which were scheduled to start tomorrow.
Her battle comes over four years after surgeons removed a tumour which bizarrely altered her personality.
Instead of mixing with the likes of Hugh Hefner and Leonardo Dicaprio she found herself staying in, curled up on the sofa.
Devastated Kerri, 34, was told by doctors this month her cancer was back and that her best hope was chemo and radiotherapy. But Kerri – a former lab technician from Norwich – said: “My chemo team wanted me to have 10-12 cycles but went on to tell me that no one with brain cancer has managed to have the full lot.
Academy
“I know using cannabis means I could be put in prison but I truly believe it is the only chance I have of living right now. “I’ve been working hard over the past few years. I’m training for a black belt in martial arts and I’m the fittest and healthiest I’ve been, so when doctors say they want me to have treatment which will make me sick, it makes no sense to me. I don’t want my hair to fall out from chemo, or my face burned from radiotherapy. I train daily, run a model academy and a nutrition business and I don’t want having cancer to affect all of this. “Cannabis has helped many others with cancer. I’m willing to put faith in it too. I can’t imagine any judge would convict a girl for using cannabis to save her life. It’s a risk I’m ready to take.” THC use is unlawful in the UK but Kerri is getting it imported from Spain – where it is legal. She expected a barrage of criticism from pals but added: “Not a single person said I’d made the wrong decision. My family are in support. Mum told me from day one she doesn’t want me having chemo. She fully believes we can beat this cancer ourselves.” Kerri had already taken CBD oil for six months in the hope of preventing cancer returning. She has taken oil with a high percentage of THC for a fortnight and is seeing some side-effects. She went on: “I was taking CBD oil as a preventer and it may well have slowed down the cancer, who knows. Now I’m taking