This Morning star's heartbreaking vow after terminal cancer diagnosis gives him 'weeks to live'

The star has told how he has just weeks to live and might not make Christmas after being diagnosed with a deadly cancer

Celebrity hairdresser Trevor Sorbie has pledged to fight to reach Christmas after revealing he has been told he had just weeks to live. The award-winning stylist, famed for inventing the wedge cut, opened up about his condition on This Morning, saying he was told he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in June and given just six months to live.

But despite a lack of reassurance over the coming weeks, the star has vowed to be here for one last Christmas. He told the show how he had asked about his future outlook saying: "I had a nurse come round the other day to assess me and as I asked 'Will I make Christmas? ' She said 'I don't know Trevor'."

"I said 'I damn well will. The brain rules the body. The heart plays a big part as well but that is the engine. Because I've got a charity I've helped many women through cancer, cutting wigs for them. People handle it in different ways."

"There is no one way, no right way, wrong way. It is however that person deals with it. If you get this right (the brain) and it's easy for me to say get that right.

"You can fight this. Doctors have even said you're breaking medical science, you shouldn't be here right now. Last night we went out and just had a lovely dinner," reports Gloucestershire Live.

Trevor, who appeared on the show with his wife Carole, told viewers how he was diagnosed after losing a lot of blood one night which concerned him. He went to the hospital where he was told he had bowel cancer.

He said: "I had a little panic attack. I looked at Carole and she looked at me, we were both speechless, didn't know what to say. So I went and had a big gin and tonic and that helped."

He expressed his stoic attitude towards his illness saying: "The thing is with me, I never wake up thinking, 'Oh poor me, I've got cancer' or feel sorry for myself, I know I've got it here [points to stomach] but I haven't got it here [point to head] and I've been going to work two days a week, up until two weeks ago.",

Trevor spoke of how the cancer had spread to his liver. Despite undergoing two extensive surgeries, each lasting six and a half hours, he continued working until just two weeks ago, which he described as his "medicine".

Reflecting on his career and relationship with his team he said: "That's my life. Sixty years I've worked passionately to achieve beyond my wildest dreams. When I go in it's my staff, I've had them for 30 years, I'm just one of the team."

Carole shared that despite feeling overwhelmed by her situation, she draws strength from her husband. She revealed: "He's guiding me through a good death - living a good life and dying a good death - and up until then I hadn't thought about that, but what we do every day now is show thanks for every day that we have and wake up together and it's all the simple things."

The couple's little dog has been a source of comfort, and she credits having a supportive family, as well as the team at Trevor Sorbie, with helping her cope. She said: "Our little dog is pure medicine, we have a wonderful family, and we are supported by the whole Trevor Sorbie family... and we are all being guided by Trevor."

She revealed that she had been struggling to come to terms with her loss, but has now started bereavement counselling, thanks to the encouragement of Trevor and her son. She added: "I did struggle and was crying a lot but Trevor and my son encourage me to go to counselling and I've actually started bereavement counselling which I didn't know you could do before and they are going to guide me through and hold my hand and up until two years, or however long it takes after the event, so I do feel very supported and feel lucky I have that support... but more so from Trevor than anyone because he's incredible."

Trevor, who was born in Scotland, began his career in hairdressing at the age of 15, when he started working as an apprentice to his father in Ilford, East London. He went on to work as a stylist for Vidal Sassoon in 1972, before joining Toni and Guy and John Frieda.

He later opened his own salon and has since become a renowned hair stylist, working with famous clients such as Torville and Dean on their Skating on Ice Tour. He has also appeared on numerous TV shows and has designed his own range of hair-care products. Today, he has a string of salons across the globe, including in Bristol and Dubai.