Mark had been looking forward to bringing his tour – An Evening and A Little Bit of a Morning With Mark Steel – to the festival
Comedian Mark Steel has pulled out of appearing at Southport Comedy Festival this week after revealing he's been diagnosed with throat cancer.
Writing on his website, Mark said: "I had to look from several angles before I believed the mirror – the first thought, when you notice a large abnormality on your body, is to assume the mind has made a mistake. Maybe the reflection is distorted by an eclipse of the moon or the northern lights, or maybe I’ve confused my left gland with my thigh."
When a doctor phoned him several nights later, they asked him about his symptoms and Mark realised they were "unsubtle cancer questions". Despite all the trips to the hospital, he still hoped he simply "twisted my neck into a lump by sleeping on a badly designed pillow." She paused. 'Yes. Had no one told you?'" Writing in his candid blog post, he reminded readers to always be polite to NHS staff.
Scan results showed there was no cancer outside the neck and throat area. The treatments he's undergoing should be able to "cure it all."
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