Place in the Sun's Jonnie Irwin gives health update on terminal cancer diagnosis

17 February 2023 , 10:42

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Place in the Sun's Jonnie Irwin issues new health update amid terminal cancer diagnosis

A Place In The Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin has shared a new health update with fans following last year's public admission he has terminal cancer.

The property guru, 49, took to his Instagram Stories on Thursday to let his followers know he had begun Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy -which involves a hyperbaric chamber is a highly-pressurized room or tube where a patient is given pure oxygen to breathe.

Dad-of-three Jonnie shared an image of the zip up portable chamber he was using after walking to the treatment centre in Newcastle - captioning the snap: "And at the end of this walk…is this…hyperbaric oxygen therapy."

It's thought flooding the body with concentrated oxygen can help make cancer cells easier to kill with treatments like chemotherapy and radiation while also activating the healing process in a patient's body.

Jonnie Irwin updated his Instagram followers about his latest treatment on Thursday (jonnieirwintv/Instagram)

The star revealed he was in Newcastle to try a unique form of therapy (jonnieirwintv/Instagram)

Jonnie shared the heartbreaking admission that he 'doesn't know how long' he has left to live in November, after first being diagnosed with lung cancer in August 2020, which has since spread to his brain.

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After making his diagnosis public last year, Jonnie credited "Jess and our boys" with helping him stay positive and focus on creating as many memories as he can with his family following his terminal diagnosis.

The TV star and Jessica, 40, tied the knot in September 2016 and have since gone on to welcome three children into the world together - Rex, three, and two-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac.

Terminally ill Jonnie with wife Jess and their three children (Instagram)

Discussing his terminal diagnosis and death with Hello! magazine last year, Jonnie said: "I'm doing everything I can to hold that day off for as long as possible. I owe that to Jess and our boys. Some people in my position have bucket lists, but I just want us to do as much as we can as a family."

Jonnie was filming in Italy when he first realised something might be wrong with his health. In August 2020 he had an episode of blurry vision whilst he was driving - with subsequent tests confirming he had developed lung cancer, which had spread to his brain.

Jonnie was diagnosed in 2020 (Instagram/jonnieirwintv)

Alongside going public with his diagnosis, Jonnie is also encouraging others to take out life insurance.

Speaking in his interview last year, Jonnie said: "That has helped so much and when I leave this planet, I’ll do so knowing Jess and the boys are in a house that is fully paid off and there’s a bit of money in the bank for them to live off."

Zoe Delaney