Linda Nolan ‘fears this Christmas will be her last’ amid liver cancer battle

Linda Nolan has admitted she fears this Christmas could be her last one amid her devastating battle with liver cancer.

The 61-year-old singer has confessed how she’s coping with her illness in a heartbreaking interview.

Speaking to Bella Magazine, Linda said: “I lie in bed and I wonder how long I’ll be here, if I’ll see my great-nieces and nephews grow into adults, or if this Christmas is going to be my last.”

She went on to admit how she regrets not having any children, explaining: “It’s nobody’s fault I just left it too late.

“I put my career in the way. It’s my biggest regret in life but I don’t dwell on it.”

Linda and her sister, Anne, 69, went public with their cancer diagnoses over the summer, having received them within days of each other.

And the tightly-knit Nolan siblings have been rallying around Linda and Anne, just as they did around sister Bernie, who sadly died at the age of just 52 back in 2013, following a battle with breast cancer that spread to her brain, lungs, liver and bones.

Linda and Anne recently appeared on video calls to chat with Lorraine Kelly, telling her their experiences of undergoing chemotherapy amid a global pandemic.

And in a bit of good news, Anne shared the “fantastic” results of her chemotherapy, which both sisters recently ended.

Linda is still awaiting her results, she told.

“The treatment that you’re having it’s harsh and it’s making you feel ill, but it’s also making you better and that is the way to think about it. Whatever you are going through is to cure the cancer,” Anne remarked.

“That’s what’s happening with me, they’re trying to cure my cancer. My prognosis is very good at the moment. I had an operation about two weeks ago and the results were fabulous.

“They found no cancer in the tissue and in my lymph nodes and that was amazing, the results were fantastic that was because of the chemo.”

Linda added: “I’m doing well. I’m doing great actually. I’ve had my chemo and I’m just waiting for the results of the scans I’ve had to see if it’s worked.”

She went on to explain why both she and Anne had gone public after they were diagnosed.

“People say to me ‘don’t you want to stay quiet about it?’ but our way of giving back to people is this,” she told.

“We really do have a very strong and supportive family, so if anyone is out there with no one to turn to maybe if we say something on TV or a magazine, and they can think ‘oh that’s normal’ then that helps.

“Cancer is a very lonely place.”

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