Coleen Nolan revealed it ‘was such a lift’ to discover her sister Linda’s tumours had shrunk amid her heartbreaking battle with breast cancer.
The Loose Women panellist, 58, admitted that when she went with her older sister, 64, to the hospital for scans she prepared herself for the worst.
Speaking on Monday’s Good Morning Britain to hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls, Coleen said: ‘She’s just doing so well.
‘I said to her “I am not sure you’re not winding me up with this and it’s just great publicity”. Because she looked great.
‘I have to be honest this time when she went for scans we thought – and we didn’t vocalise it – but we thought “I don’t think this is going to be a good one”.
Coleen Nolan revealed it ‘was such a lift’ to discover her sister Linda’s tumours had shrunk amid her heartbreaking battle with breast cancer
The Loose Women panellist, 58, admitted that when she went with her older sister (pictured), 64, for scans she expected the worse
‘She seemed to have gone down a bit and then they [the doctors] came back and said it had gone down and shrunk, it was such a lift.’
Linda recently revealed she is ’embracing every moment’ after learning her tumours have shrunk.
Writing about the news in The Mirror last week, Linda, who was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in her hip in 2017, revealed: ‘I was getting the results of my scans. Because my appointment was later than usual, my head started to run riot…
‘There’s always that thing outside the door when you know your life could change in minutes. But it was good news. The tumours haven’t grown…
‘In fact, the consultant said these precious words: “There’s still some shrinkage.” I mean, I wish around my waist, but I’ll take it. I’ll definitely take it!…
‘Of course, the tumours are still there, and making themselves felt. The consultant explained memory loss, hearing loss and slight stammer I’ve been getting are because a tumour is impacting the area in my brain linked to cognitive behaviour.’
On her big Christmas, she said: ‘So that’s what I’ll do. And just get on and enjoy. We’ve two Christmas trees up and I’m ready for a knees-up. It’s going to be a big Christmas, with absolutely no shrinkage at all.’
Last month, Linda admitted she ‘cries her eyes out’ when thinking about how this Christmas could be her last.
Speaking on GMB, Coleen said: ‘I have to be honest this time when she went for scans we thought “I don’t think this is going to be a good one”‘
Last month, Linda admitted she ‘cries her eyes out’ when thinking about how this Christmas could be her last
The singer shared a heartbreaking update on her battle with incurable cancer in an emotional new interview.
She was first diagnosed with stage-three breast cancer in 2005 before getting the all-clear in 2006, but the disease sadly returned in 2017, which then spread to her liver and brain.
Linda has opened up about how little time she may have left after she admitted that this Christmas could be her last.
Speaking to Woman magazine, she said: ‘When I wake up, I try to think it’s another day to enjoy, not it’s another day closer.
‘Sometimes it’s hard, but I never want cancer to win. Sometimes I slide down the wall and cry my eyes out because I’m having a bad day, but 99.9 per cent of the time I’m OK.
‘[Christmas will be] extra special because I don’t know if I’ll see it next year. So definitely everything is more poignant. [My Christmas wish] is to be here.
‘It’s important now for me to make memories and to enjoy the time I’ve got left.’
Linda previously opened up about how she has been suffering from memory loss amid her battle with the disease as she spoke about forgetting her niece Ciara’s name.
She wrote in The Mirror: ‘I had to turn to Coleen’s son Jake’s girlfriend and ask her what my niece, Coleen’s daughter, is called.
‘My memory has been lapsing for a while, but that moment was as bad as it has got.’
But Linda insisted she would not ‘panic’ or ‘live in fear’ amid her struggles, as she told how she wanted to make the most of her time with her loved ones.
‘I’m not going to panic because, if I panic, cancer wins,’ she insisted. ‘I’m not going to live in fear because it’ll take over, and I have to concentrate on making the most of now.’
Linda insisted she is not going to ‘panic’ or ‘live in fear’ amid her struggles as she told how she wants to make the most of her time with her loved ones
Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and got the all-clear in 2006. In 2017 she was diagnosed with secondary cancer, before it spread to both her liver and her brain
Linda also heartbreakingly told how she is coming to terms with the fact that she might not see Ciara, the daughter of Coleen Nolan, again because her niece is going travelling in January.
Linda recently told how she doesn’t think she will survive cancer for a third time and said it has become a ‘way of life’ for her.
‘I rang that bell twice. And I know now I won’t be ringing it again,’ she heartbreakingly wrote in The Mirror.
‘[Cancer has] become a way of life now. I have my cancer book – a title I never thought I’d have in my library – with all my bloods, weight and so on recorded (I’ve lost 4kg, although I reckon I could live off what’s left for some time).’
The TV personality said she wasn’t ‘angry’ with her fate and that everyone is on their own ‘pathways’ on the ‘chemo ward conveyor belt’, noting her path ‘runs straight ahead’ for now.
In March, Linda revealed that her cancer had spread to her brain as she provided an update on her cancer battle.
Doctors told her that she had two sizeable masses surrounded by smaller ones on her brain nearly 20 years after she was first diagnosed with cancer.
Linda underwent a mastectomy and 18 rounds of chemotherapy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005.
In 2017, Linda was diagnosed with incurable secondary cancer in her hip, and in 2020, she confirmed that she had liver cancer.
Linda rose to fame with The Nolans performing with her sisters Anne, 71, Denise, 69, Maureen, 67, and Coleen, 57.
Her sister Bernie was also a member but died of breast cancer in 2013, aged 52. Anne was previously diagnosed with breast cancer but is now in remission.
Linda rose to fame with The Nolans performing with her sisters Anne, 71, Denise, 69, Maureen, 67, and Coleen, 57 (pictured in 1981)
