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27/05/2014
The 911 singer made the announcement during an interview on ITV1's This Morning on Tuesday (27 May).
Brennan, 40, was first diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma when he was just eight-years-old. His health deteriorated as he fought the disease, but as he went into remission six years later, he discovered the cancer had returned.
He said: "I've never spoken about this but obviously chemotherapy affects you. Sadly, I can't have children. I only found that out five years ago."
The singer was appearing on the show to raise awareness of childhood cancer, and chose to share his own story. He said: "I was eight years old. I used to sleep a lot and my mam picked up on this very, very quickly," he explained. "I went to the doctors and was just sent back constantly – three, six months – I was just sent home and told that there was nothing wrong.
"[My mam] noticed that this lump on my jawline was just getting bigger and bigger. About nine or 10 months down the line, they did a biopsy and that's when they said, 'You've got Hodgkin Lymphoma' - or Hodgkin Disease as it was known then."
He went on to fight the disease, but he added: "They say that after five to six years, you're probably as likely as anyone else to get cancer. Mine came back on that six year mark, as I was just turning 15.
"You know exactly what's coming up, you know you're going to lose your hair. I just became isolated and didn't go out of the house for six to eight months. I was hiding from the world."
Brennan, who said he is now fit and healthy, continued: "I think it's always in the back of your mind.
"Sometimes the emotion will come back if I see something on TV or read a story about someone who went through a similar sort of thing. [But] there's so much support now, it's just the time."
(JP/IT)
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911 Singer Unable To Have Children
Lee Brennan, one of the stars of ITV's Big Reunion, has admitted he is unable to have children after receiving cancer treatment.The 911 singer made the announcement during an interview on ITV1's This Morning on Tuesday (27 May).
Brennan, 40, was first diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma when he was just eight-years-old. His health deteriorated as he fought the disease, but as he went into remission six years later, he discovered the cancer had returned.
He said: "I've never spoken about this but obviously chemotherapy affects you. Sadly, I can't have children. I only found that out five years ago."
The singer was appearing on the show to raise awareness of childhood cancer, and chose to share his own story. He said: "I was eight years old. I used to sleep a lot and my mam picked up on this very, very quickly," he explained. "I went to the doctors and was just sent back constantly – three, six months – I was just sent home and told that there was nothing wrong.
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"[My mam] noticed that this lump on my jawline was just getting bigger and bigger. About nine or 10 months down the line, they did a biopsy and that's when they said, 'You've got Hodgkin Lymphoma' - or Hodgkin Disease as it was known then."
He went on to fight the disease, but he added: "They say that after five to six years, you're probably as likely as anyone else to get cancer. Mine came back on that six year mark, as I was just turning 15.
"You know exactly what's coming up, you know you're going to lose your hair. I just became isolated and didn't go out of the house for six to eight months. I was hiding from the world."
Brennan, who said he is now fit and healthy, continued: "I think it's always in the back of your mind.
"Sometimes the emotion will come back if I see something on TV or read a story about someone who went through a similar sort of thing. [But] there's so much support now, it's just the time."
(JP/IT)
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