FIRST Dates’ Merlin Griffiths has delighted fans after issuing a huge update on his cancer treatment. The TV barman, 47, was diagnosed with bowel cancer two years ago and recently had surgery…
show, told The Sun last year that he first went to his GP with symptoms but due to being under 50, and appearing otherwise healthy, his appointment with a gastroenterologist was booked for several months later.He said about the experience: "I didn’t expect to end up in A&E in excruciating pain, but there you go."
Merlin then spent weeks at a time in hospital recovering from operations and chemotherapy, which he finished in December 2021. His said his bosses at First Dates were "amazing" and adjusted filming around his treatment to ensure he remained on screen.He said: “It rarely gets talked about. I'm lucky, in the sense that I own my business but my business took the hit of my inactivity. For instance for six weeks at the end of last year, I was in hospital every single day five days a week.
“The average is £540 a month extra. I’m out in Leicestershire, my local hospital is Coventry. Imagine driving there and back to get treated, all that petrol, parking charges at hospital, and then the cost to your family. For a lot of the treatments you’re not capable of driving, of operating heavy machinery! There is a cost, and a lifestyle adjustment.
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