Slade’s Noddy Holder had shared a health update after been given six months to live amid his secret throat cancer battle.
The musician, 77, was first diagnosed with the disease five years ago, announcing the news in October this year.
He underwent a groundbreaking new form of chemotherapy at a hospital in Manchester which has helped keep him alive.
Sharing an update on Radio 2 on Wednesday, Noddy explained: ‘It was touch and go. I lost all my hair. My weight was down to about eight stone. So every cloud.
‘I’ve just had a scan last week and everything’s on an even keel at the moment, so I hope it carries on that way.’
Slade’s Noddy Holder, 77, had shared a health update after been given six months to live amid his secret throat cancer battle
Joking, he added: ‘I’m fit, fit, fit… but I’m fit for nothing.’
In October, his wife Suzan Price, 57, detailed Noddy’s secret health battle in an emotional piece written for Great British Life.
Suzan wrote: ‘Five years ago we were given the devastating news that he had oesophageal cancer and only had six months to live.
‘I’m sorry if that comes as a bit of a shock; it came as a total bombshell to us too. We coped with it the only way we could, by hunkering down, sticking together and doing everything we could to survive it.
‘We told only immediate close family and friends and I will never apologise to those we did not confide in, only to those who were forced to suffer pain and anguish alongside us as we attempted to navigate our way through this new and horrifying world.’
Suzan married Noddy in 2004 – they have a son called Django. Noddy married dress designer Leandra Russell in 1976 and they had two daughters, Jessica and Charisse. They divorced in 1984.
Suzan said the Merry Xmas Everybody singer has managed to keep a positive outlook despite his health woes.
He received treatment at The Christie Hospital in Manchester and underwent a groundbreaking new form of chemotherapy which has helped keep him alive.
The musician was first diagnosed with the disease five years ago, announcing the news in October this year, but underwent a groundbreaking new form of chemotherapy (pictured in 1972)
In October, h is wife Suzan Price, 57, detailed Noddy’s secret health battle in an emotional piece written for Great British Life
Suzan wrote: ‘There were no guarantees, no one knew if it would have any effect, let alone work miracles, but he responded well. As anyone who has received a cancer diagnosis will know, the experts never like to use the word “cure”, but here we are five years later and he’s feeling good and looking great.’
Noddy has been in fine form and was able to perform on stage this summer after being invited on stage by Cheshire musician Tom Seals.
Slade earned themselves six UK Number One singles during their 25-year career.
Their biggest hit was Merry Christmas Everybody in 1973, with its memorable chorus: ‘So here it is, Merry Christmas/Everybody’s having fun.
The song is reported to bring in £500,000 in royalties alone each year.
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