Linda Nolan shares a heartbreaking cancer update as she reveals this Christmas ‘means more than ever’ because she ‘never expected to make it this far’

Linda Nolan has shared a heartbreaking cancer update ahead of Christmas as she makes a candid confession. 

The singer, 65, revealed the festive period means more to her this year because she never expected to ‘make Christmas’,

The star explained her Christmas plans to Woman magazine, telling them she was looking forward to going round to her sister Denise’s house and finding out what all the little ones got from Santa.

She said: ‘I can’t wait [for Christmas]. Not to be morbid, but I didn’t think I’d make Christmas, so it’s a real bonus. 

‘We love Christmas as a family and we’re all going to gather at [sister] Denise’s. It will be great. We all have such a good time when we get together so I can’t wait. I especially love seeing all the little ones and how excited they get.’

Linda Nolan, 65,  has shared a heartbreaking cancer update ahead of Christmas as she makes a candid confession

The singer revealed the festive period means more to her this year because she never expected to ‘make Christmas’ and is excited to spend it with her family

The Nolans star explained: ‘We love Christmas as a family and we’re all going to gather at [sister] Denise’s. It will be great. We all have such a good time when we get together so I can’t wait.’ (pictured with Coleen, Bernie and Maureen in 2009)

The sister of Loose Women panelist Coleen Nolan added that she hoped to be here to celebrate with her family next year as well before issuing a health update. 

Linda told the publication that she is undergoing chemotherapy once every three weeks alongside having her bloods taken and if the results are positive, she going on to have another round of treatment. 

She added: ‘You have to be careful with chemo. I’ve lost my hair again – I’m bald for the fifth time and it still gets to me each time.

‘I’m distraught when it goes. Pain-wise I get a cramp in my leg which really hurts, but apart from that there’s no pain, which is good.’

Despite her health struggles Linda has remained positive and told the magazine that she has been fighting cancer since 2005 and vowed to continue fighting as long as she could. 

She described how on her 60th birthday she hoped to make it through tot he next year and, defying the odds, has managed to make it to 65.

She added: ‘If you lose hope, you lose everything.

‘It’s hard sometimes, but you’ve gotta have the stamina to go, “Yeah, I’m not going to lie in bed feeling sorry for myself.”‘

Linda also updated fans on her treatment, explaining she is undergoing chemotherapy once every three weeks alongside having her bloods taken and if the results are positive, she going on to have another round of treatment

Despite her health struggles Linda has remained positive and told the magazine that she has been fighting cancer since 2005 and vowed to continue fighting as long as she could (picture in 2020)

Linda added that she remains in good spirits by making sure she keeps busy and gets outside as often as she can. 

She said she’ll even sit outside in her garden in the freezing cold because the fresh air makes her feel better. 

Keeping busy is important as is getting outside. Even if it is sitting outside in your garden in this cold weather getting some fresh air always makes you feel better.”

Last week, Linda told the Mirror that a recent fall made her realise she could no longer live independently and has moved in with her sister. 

She said she was forced to accept she couldn’t return to her home and despite only moving in with Denise and Tom temporarily, has now been with them for 18 months. 

Linda’s update comes after she begged cancer to leave her family alone in an interview with Good Morning Britain in August. 

Linda fought back tears as she she shared her plea as she prepared to undergo treatment for a fifth time. 

The Nolans star received the all-clear from breast cancer in 2006, but was later diagnosed with incurable secondary cancer in 2017. 

And in August, Linda issued an update that the tumours in her brain – which were thought to be stable – have grown.

Linda’s sisters also have a history of cancer, with herself, Colleen and Anne all receiving diagnoses and Bernie passing away from the disease in 2013 (L to R: Linda, Bernie, Maureen and Coleen)

Linda’s update comes after she begged cancer to leave her family alone in an interview with Good Morning Britain in August

Appearing on GMB, Linda revealed that she was being set on a new course of chemotherapy as a result of the update – and shared the news that she could face losing her hair once again.

She also revealed the physical toll the ongoing treatment was taking on her smile, pointing to a gap in her teeth and exclaiming: ‘Look, I’ve lost a tooth!’

Linda’s sisters also have a history of cancer, with herself, Colleen and Anne all receiving diagnoses and Bernie passing away from the disease in 2013.

‘I’m just like everybody else really, I just want it to go,’ Linda said of cancer’s prevalence in her family. ‘Or leave us alone for a little while at least.’

‘You would be entitled to feel a rage at the universe that your family has been cursed by the big C,’ host Richard Madeley said to Linda, before asking if she gets angry at how it has affected her family.

She replied: ‘I asked Bernie one time, somebody said to her “Do you ever think Why me?” and she said “No I think why not me”. It doesn’t pick and choose.

‘You can’t put your name down and say you’re next in line. But we have had a rough time with it.’