Making progress! The Wanted‘s Tom Parker shared an replace with followers about his well being after revealing in October 2020 that he had an inoperable mind tumor.
After present process therapy for his grade 4 glioblastoma, the British singer, 32, confirmed by way of Instagram that docs observed a serious change.
“SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION,” he captioned the Thursday, January 7, submit. “These are the phrases I acquired in the present day and I can’t cease saying them time and again. I had an MRI scan on Tuesday and my outcomes in the present day have been a big discount to the tumor and I’m responding effectively to therapy.”
Tom Parker Courtesy of Tom Parker/Instagram
Parker continued, “Each day I’m protecting on the battle to shrink this bastard!”
The “Glad You Got here” singer prolonged a thanks to “our great [National Health Service],” in addition to his spouse, Kelsey Hardwick, “who has actually been my rock.” Of his kids, Aurelia, 19-months, and Bodhi, 3-months, he wrote, “I battle for you each second of each day.”
Parker opened up about his prognosis in a 2020 interview with OK! Magazine. He stated docs described the tumor as a “worst-case state of affairs,” noting that his prognosis was terminal.
“They pulled the curtain round my mattress and stated, ‘It’s a mind tumor.’ All I might assume was, ‘F–king hell!’ I used to be in shock,” he recalled on the time. “It’s stage 4 glioblastoma and so they’ve stated it’s terminal. It was quite a bit to take care of on my own. I nonetheless haven’t processed it.”
He first revealed his situation to followers on Instagram.
Kelsey Parker and Tom Parker Courtesy of Tom Parker/Instagram
“Hey guys, that we’ve each been quiet on social media for a couple of weeks and it’s time to let you know why. There’s no simple technique to say this however I’ve sadly been identified with a Mind Tumour and I’m already present process therapy,” he captioned the submit. “We determined, after plenty of thought, that reasonably than hiding away and attempting to maintain it a secret, we’d do one interview the place we might lay out all the main points and let everybody know the details in our personal approach.”
The boybander continued, “We’re all completely devastated however we’re gonna battle this all the best way. We don’t need your disappointment, we simply need love and positivity and collectively we’ll elevate consciousness of this horrible illness and search for all accessible therapy choices. It’s gonna be a troublesome battle however with everybody’s love and assist we’re going to beat this.”
Parker and Hardwick, 30, wed in July 2018, based on Metro UK. They welcomed their daughter — nearly a 12 months later in June 2019 and their son in October 2020.
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