First Dates barman Merlin Griffiths gives health update amid cancer battle

27.03.2022 - 05:17 / msn.com

First Dates bartender Merlin ­Griffiths has given a health update amid his ongoing cancer battle. The Channel 4 star announced that he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in September of last year. He told of how he was set to face a year of treatment with doctors telling him he has a 75% chance of living more than five years.

Medics found a 4. 5cm stage three tumour. Now, six months on, the 46-year-old has said that he is due to undergo “robotic surgery” in under a month, as he continues his cancer journey.

He announced the news on Twitter. READ MORE: Gogglebox fans wish Ellie and Izzi Warner well as they are absent from Channel 4 show Gallery: Learn about multiple sclerosis and the stars who suffer from it (StarsInsider)Merlin Tweeted: "Operation scheduled. 3 weeks to get my s**t together.

Robotic surgery, welcome to the future!" He later thanked fans on the post for their kind words, as he said: "Thank you to everyone wishing me well. X. .

. May your lives be prosperous and filled with empathy and happiness. "In September last year, Merlin revealed his diagnosis in an interview with Sunday Mirror, as he promised: "I won't let it get the better of me.

" He explained how he started feeling a pain in his stomach in June, which he thought was caused by scar tissue in his stomach from a car accident when he was younger. Speaking to the Sunday Mirror, he described his pain: “I was living with this huge discomfort. It felt like a walnut stuck inside me.

” After a visit to the gastroenterologist, Merlin's doctors discovered a 4. 5cm stage three malignant tumour which would need chemotherapy to treat. Merlin added: “I thought, as most people must when they get a diagnosis, ‘Oh f***, I’ve got cancer’.