Hairdresser to the stars Trevor Sorbie has rejected chemotherapy treatment which might have given the 76-year-old "another month" to live.Trevor, who is part of the This Morning team, is living with bowel cancer which has spread to his liver.
In a raw interview with the Times today, he said: "When I asked a nurse if I'd still be here at Christmas, she said, 'We don't know, Trevor'." And that annoyed me.
I've got cancer in my body, but not in here. My brain is my engine and I'll go when I'm ready." He told the publication he intends to die at home and doesn't want a funeral.
Trevor explained: "[They are] too upsetting. When the time comes, my ashes will be interred with [his wife] Carole's and our little dog." "But I'm going to defy medical science," he added. "If the cancer reaches my brain, then I'll accept it, but until then, I'm in charge, and I'm going on my terms." Trevor, who has styled the hair of world-famous people such as the late Queen Elizabeth II and Helen Mirren, said he had not slept in three days partly due to steroids which cause "mad insomnia" while reducing inflammation.
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