Only Fools and Horses star Patrick Murray has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Lungs cancer.
Patrick took to Twitter to pronounce that doctors had diagnosed a tumor in his lung.
This led to a pet scan which covers a much larger area .
To my wonderful surprise these lesions were not cancerous but the scan did find an EARLY stage cancerous tumour in my lung .
This has since been removed and I am tweeting now , which would not be the case if I hadn’t— Patrick Murray (@PatMurray000) January 21, 2022
In the Tweet wrote: “Naturally I wanted to keep my own health problems private, but failing to fully endorse this ad would be selfish.
“Thanks to my ultrascan I have a fighting chance.
“It showed my organs needed further investigation and tumors were spotted.
“This led to a PET scan which covers a much larger area.
“To my wonderful surprise these lesions were not cancerous but the scan did find an early-stage cancerous ttumorin my lung. This has since been removed.
“I am tweeting now, which wouldn’t be the case if I hadn’t had the ultrasound all those months ago.
“A lot of people put these symptoms down to age and the discomfort to simply having a weak stomach.
“Please don’t ignore it if it persists.
“As for me, and thanks to the NHS, I can now see the same beautiful horizon as you.”
Patrick performed in a total of 20 episodes of Only Fool and Horses.
Since the show ended in 2003, Patrick appeared in big-screen characters, including The Firm and Curse of the Pink Panther.
He quit working amid his battle with Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.