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Opera star Russell Watson has started treatment in a bid to prevent any more brain tumours. The Salford-born tenor underwent life-saving surgery in October to remove a tumour at the Alexandra Hospital, in Cheadle. After spending Christmas with his two daughters he returned to Manchester's specialist cancer hospital, The Christie, in Withington, to begin radiotherapy yesterday. He has been working out to build up his stamina ahead of ...
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One morning in October, Russell Watson tried to wake up but couldn't. He blinked in anxious disbelief as, again and again, his eyes opened to a void of blackness. And as he fought to haul himself through layers of sleep, he slowly realised he was lurching dizzily in and out of consciousness. Having recovered from an operation to remove a brain tumour only a year earlier, Britain's ...
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Opera singer Russell Watson is looking forward to a Christmas 'he wasn't sure he was going to see"', his manager said. Richard Thompson said the 41-year-old tenor would be enjoying a family Christmas with his daughters Hannah, eight, and Rebecca, 13, before starting a gruelling schedule of radiotherapy in the new year. Watson, known as The Voice, underwent life-saving surgery on a brain tumour in October after ...
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Opera singer Russell Watson has said he did not think he was "going to make it" after being rushed into hospital seven weeks ago for a life-saving brain operation. In his first live interview since the surgery, Watson said doctors told him it was "touch and go" as he flitted in and out of consciousness. He said: "I remember thinking 'Oh dear, I don't think I'm going ...
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Just seven weeks after opera singer Russell Watson had emergency surgery he has given his first live interview. The 41-year-old said he did not think he was "going to make it" after being rushed into hospital seven weeks ago for a life-saving brain operation. Watson said his frame of mind was positive but he has a "new fight" when he starts a long course of radiotherapy"It was ...
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There will be a quiet, but important celebration for stricken opera star Russell Watson when the clock strikes midnight tonight. Russell turns 41 tomorrow - and it's an age he has always dreaded he wasn't going to make. The Salford tenor, known as "The Voice", has had a lifelong fear that he would not live beyond the age of 40, which made his diagnosis with a second ...
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After being rushed into hospital last month to have a brain tumour re-growth removed, many feared for the Salford tenor’s life, never mind his career. Yet, merely a few weeks on and the multi-million selling classical artist has issued a statement thanks his fans for all his supported and vowed to release his new LP, Outside In, as a thank you to them. Despite being advised by ...
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Russell is presently recovering at home. He had been advised by both ourselves and his record label to delay the scheduled release of his new record. His response was resolute and in his own words “there is absolutely no way that this record is to be delayed”. “After what I have just been through and with the near future in doubt it is unclear when and ...
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Opera singer Russell Watson was discharged from hospital today following life-saving surgery on his brain tumour last week. Watson, 40, emerged from the doors of the Alexandra Hospital, Cheshire, England, pushed in a wheelchair and flanked by his daughters Hannah, eight, and Rebecca, 13. He was wearing blue jeans, a black jacket and a grey scarf, and was very emotional as he spoke briefly to waiting media. Asked ...
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Opera star Russell Watson is due to be discharged from hospital after making 'good progress' following an operation for a brain tumour Watson, 40, underwent a three-hour operation on the tumour at the private Alexandra Hospital in Cheadle, Cheshire on Thursday. A statement released by Watson's management said: "Further to his emergency operation last week, Russell came out of ITU (Intensive Therapy Unit) early on Tuesday and ...
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