Bushy Biker Dave Myers made his long-awaited return to tv this weekend as he appeared on the Saturday Kitchen festive particular with Si King – amid his most cancers battle.
The chef, 64, mentioned that he’d ‘had a tough yr’ however that it was ‘nice to be again’ on TV – earlier than poignantly including: ‘There are some instances once I did not suppose I might be right here for Christmas’.
Dave, who went public along with his analysis in Might, has chosen to not publicly reveal the kind of most cancers he has however beforehand advised his followers he is present process chemotherapy.
Completely happy: Bushy Biker Dave Myers made his long-awaited return to tv this weekend as he appeared on Saturday Kitchen – amid his most cancers battle
Talking on the present he mentioned: ‘It is implausible to be again and what a solution to have fun Christmas being right here! I am over the moon to be again. It is beautiful to be again it has been a tough yr and I can not fake in any other case.
‘There are some instances once I did not suppose I might be right here for Christmas however I’ve had a lot assist and I’ve to present a shout out to the medical doctors and nurses in Birmingham that put me again collectively and the rehabilitation crew who received me strolling once more.
‘And a shout out to nurse Marion who earlier than my chemotherapy introduced me cake in – it was the perfect banana bread ever! Nevertheless it’s beautiful to be again. Si has been taking care of me! The primary time we have been on Saturday Kitchen was 15 years in the past!’
Powerful: The chef, 64, mentioned that he’d ‘had a tough yr’ however that it was ‘nice to be again’ on TV – earlier than poignantly including: ‘There are some instances once I did not suppose I might be right here for Christmas’
He regarded completely happy and wholesome on the present the place he wore a festive crimson waistcoat and cooked up a storm with Si making a espresso and hazelnut cake.
Again in October Dave defined his life can be utterly modified when he will get the all-clear from most cancers.
Talking to The Guardian, he admitted the remedy has been a ‘large inconvenience’ however mentioned as soon as get comes out the opposite aspect ‘life by no means would be the similar’.
Dave advised the publication: ‘I will really feel I’ve made it once I get the all-clear from this bloody most cancers. That is going to be utterly life-changing, life-affirming. And life by no means would be the similar once more.
Arduous: Dave, who went public along with his analysis in Might, has chosen to not publicly reveal the kind of most cancers he has however advised his followers he is present process chemotherapy
Return: Talking on the present he mentioned: ‘It is implausible to be again and what a solution to have fun Christmas being right here! I am over the moon to be again’
Dave defined he’s now 14 periods right into a course of chemotherapy, with six to go and mentioned: ‘An enormous inconvenience is the easiest way to explain it.’
He additionally defined the rationale why he hasn’t advised his followers the kind of most cancers he has: ‘As a result of everyone then goes googling, everyone turns into an beginner physician… And I do not wish to be judged – but.’
He introduced in Might that he was present process chemotherapy, and could be taking a while off work.
Dave revealed that he hadn’t ‘been too nicely just lately’ and ‘this yr is a write off’, while reassuring followers that ‘the prognosis is okay.’
Hope: Again in October Dave defined his life can be utterly modified when he will get the all-clear from most cancers (pictured with Si)
Talking about his medical situation along with his TV cooking associate Si, he mentioned: ‘I could also be a baldy biker for some time… it is merely one thing I’ve to reside with.’
Dave mentioned: ‘Anyway Kingy, I’ve received to return clear now, I have not been too nicely just lately and principally, I’ve received to have some chemo, all this anyway, so this yr goes to be a bit quiet for me.
‘I am not going to be filming, among the festivals I am not going to have the ability to go to, some could also be okay however this yr’s a little bit of a write off for us.
‘I’ve needed to communicate up about this as a result of I do not wish to disguise underneath a rock, however I’d like it if individuals revered my privateness and simply let me get on with it and provides Si and our crew all of the help they want, that might be nice. However look, the prognosis is okay, I will be wonderful.’
Well being information: He introduced in Might that he was present process chemotherapy, and could be taking a while off work
He continued: ‘I’ve simply received to tuck in, take care of myself, eat sensibly and recover from this mess, flog books, and be a contented particular person so inside that, that is the place I’m.
‘I could also be a baldy biker for some time so it is only a warning, I do not wish to make a fuss about it, I look alright bald truly.’
Dave has suffered with sickness previously after being identified with a cyst on his mind in 1998, and later glaucoma, which is a watch situation that may result in blindness.
The identical yr he was identified with having a cyst on his mind, Dave sadly misplaced his fiancée to most cancers, beforehand describing 1998 because the worst yr of his life.
Courageous: Talking about his medical situation along with his TV cooking associate Si, he mentioned: ‘I could also be a baldy biker for some time… it is merely one thing I’ve to reside with’
