Celebrity hairdresser says he has just weeks to live - told he might not make Christmas

He says he discovered he had bowel cancer in June and was then told he had around six months to live

Celebrity hairdresser Trevor Sorbie has told how he has just weeks to live after being diagnosed with a deadly cancer. The star, who has a string of awards this name and created the wedge cut, told The Morning viewers he was found to have terminal bowel cancer in June.

He said medics then gave him just six months to live. Speaking on the show he said: "I lost a lot of blood one night and was unusually disturbed so went to hospital.

"They told me I had bowel cancer and I had a little panic attack. I looked at Carole and she looked at me, we were both speechless, didn’t know what to say. So I went and had a big gin and tonic and that helped."

Trevor, who is married to wife Carole, told how the disease had spread this liver. he had two six and a half hour operations but continued to work until two weeks ago as that was his "medicine".

He added: “But the thing is with me, I never wake up thinking, ‘Oh poor me, I’ve got cancer’ or feel sorry for myself, I know I've got it here [points to stomach] but I haven’t got it here [point to head] and I’ve been going to work two days a week, up until two weeks ago. "

He added: "That’s my life. Sixty years I’ve worked passionately to achieve beyond my wildest dreams. When I go in it’s my staff, I’ve had them for 30 years, I’m just one of the team.

"I had a nurse come round the other day to assess me and as I asked ‘Will I make Christmas?’ She said ‘I don’t know Trevor’.

"I said ‘I damn well will. The brain rules the body. The heart plays a big part as well but that is the engine. Because I’ve got a charity I’ve helped many women through cancer, cutting wigs for them. People handle it in different ways.

"There is no one way, no right way, wrong way. It is however that person deals with it. If you get this right (the brain) and it’s easy for me to say get that right.

"You can fight this. Doctors have even said you’re breaking medical science, you shouldn’t be here right now. Last night we went out and just had a lovely dinner."

Carole said while the felt totally overwhelmed by the situation she got her strength through her husband. She told the show: "He’s guiding me through a good death - living a good life and dying a good death - and up until then I hadn’t through about that, but what we do every day now is show thanks for every day that we have and wake up together and it’s all the simple things.

"Our little dog is pure medicine, we have a wonderful family, and we are supported by the whole Trevor Sorbie family… and we are all being guided by Trevor.” She added, “I did struggle and was crying a lot but Trevor and my son encourage me to go to counselling and I’ve actually started bereavement counselling which I didn’t know you could do before and they are going to guide me through and hold my hand and up until two years, or however long it takes after the event, so I do feel very supported and feel lucky I have that support… but more so from Trevor than anyone because he’s incredible.”

Scottish-born Trevor left school at 15 and began working as an apprentice hairdresser to his father after moving to Ilford, East London He because a stylist for Vidal Sassoon in 1972 before working for Toni & Guy and John Frieda then opening his own salon.

He was hair stylist for Torville and Dean on their Skating on Ice Tour as well as appearing on a host of TV shows. He designed his own range of hair-care products and has a string of salons including in Bristol and Dubai.