90s pop legend gives tragic incurable cancer update but he's staying positive
Nineties pop legend Dario G, real name Paul Spencer, revealed to fans earlier this year that he was diagnosed with stage four rectal cancer.
The popular star shot to the top of the charts in the 90s with hits Sunchyme and Carnival de Paris, the latter of which was released for the 1998 World Cup. In an announcement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Paul explained the news was "hard to write" but he was trying to "stay positive".
He tweeted: "Hard to write this. I’ve just found out that I’ve got stage 4 rectal cancer and a shadow on my liver. That’s damn hard to read too I’m sure. Gonna give it my best shot though. Stay positive, cos I am. Always. Seeing the doctors on Friday to discuss the next steps."
Sticking true to his word, Paul has taken many personal steps to remain positive in his day-to-day life over the last few months and has even released a fantastic song titled Savour the Miracle of Life to help raise money for MacMillan Cancer Support.
The star's weekly schedule is packed with endless hospital appointments and chemotherapy treatments, but that doesn't stop Paul from enjoying life to the fullest. From playing football with his friends to enjoying a jog around town, the star makes sure to experience it all.
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Speaking to Mirror Online about his treatment, Paul said his life now works in 'two-week cycles'. He told us: "I have chemotherapy every two weeks. On a Monday, I see my oncologist and have blood tests, on a Tuesday, I start my chemotherapy then I go home with a little bottle that has more chemotherapy in it so it slowly releases it.
"Basically, it's Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday is chemo. Fridays and the weekend, the reaction to the drugs and the chemicals is an emotional hole." At first, Paul didn't realise he was getting emotional because of the steroids and chemicals in his body.
"I'm a very positive person, but I thought it was me crying through sadness," he explained. "And it is but it's also a reaction to the steroids and to the chemicals, of using my body. So when you see this pattern, you start looking at it yourself from the outside looking in, you can see that oh, it's not me. It's the chemicals that are doing that and I can go like that and I could be crying."
Paul has taken many personal steps to remain positive in his day-to-day life (Instagram)Despite the treatment taking up all his time and energy, Paul realised that staying positive through everything would be 'a huge part' of living a full life. He said: "You know, stage four cancer, there's no cure. But that's part of my journey the understanding of 'where is this leading?' That's the feat when you're told you've got cancer and then you're told you've got stage four cancer. It's like, 'Right, there's no going back to zero cancer. They're going to manage it, what are they going to do? How long have I got?'
"All these types of thoughts go through your head. I'm a really positive person and I do think that positivity is gonna, not cure me but, it's gonna be a huge part of it." Paul said he never suffered from mental health issues in his past but the difficult diagnosis has 'obviously been the biggest challenge of his life so far'.
Thankfully, with the help of counselling, words of encouragement, and 'having those little chats with yourself' has greatly helped him in his journey. At one point, he even wrote himself an important note, which read: "I've got lots to achieve even if that's just having fun."
He continued: "I call myself ambitious. You know, I'm 52 years old, but I'm quite a young, very young, 52 years old, juvenile, great, you know? I feel like I've aged 20 or 25 years in the year and that's probably not far off the truth. But I plan to pull all [the ambition] back into my life. But yeah, we’re quite critical of ourselves; 'what have I done? What have I achieved? I haven't got a certificate this week, or a medal I can hang'. So yeah, that is kind of coming back into my life a little bit more. I've got lots to achieve, even if that's just having fun. That's an achievement now. Maybe it wasn't so much before."
Staying positive has been a lot easier said than done, with Paul admitting it sometimes starts 'ebbing away slowly' However, the star makes sure to try 'push it back up' through various means, even if it feels like a constant effort.
He revealed: "I know it sounds a bit cheesy that I'm always positive, but I do feel that positivity is ebbing away slowly. And I have to kind of keep pushing that back up. Even on the day of the release of the record, people texted me saying 'How are you doing?' And that day I was exhausted. Yeah, I was thinking, 'What am I doing this for, you know, you should be resting. Be more selfish. you're releasing the record, stop thinking about trying to do stuff'."
Dario G's Savour The Miracle Of Life is available to listen to on iTunes, Amazon Music, and Spotify. Donations can be made to JustGiving.
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