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The Wanted’sTom Parkeris embracing a positive outlook a year into treatment for stage four glioblastoma.
The singer, 33, offered fans a glimpse into his personal life as he battles brain cancer in a documentary that aired in the U.K. on Sunday.
“What do I want from the future? More time with my kids. More time with my wife. More time with life,” he said inTom Parker: Inside My Head. “And I feel like that’s going to happen. I’ve got that positive outlook on life. And I think when you take strength and courage from other people around you, that really helps.”
Parker and wife Kelsey are parents to daughterAurelia Rose, 2½, and son Bodhi Thomas Paris, who was born just under a month after Parker went public with his diagnosis.
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Tom Parker: Inside My Headchronicled Parker’s initial diagnosis and treatment, as well as his efforts to organize a charity reunion concert featuring his former bandmates, which took place in September.
The couple opened up about their journey in an interview on the British morning showThis Morningahead of the documentary, and revealed that Parker’s tumor has shrunk, and he is currently stable.
The “Glad You Came” singer — who opted not to learn his prognosis upon his diagnosis — noted that he typically receives medicine every two weeks, but has been able to push it to every three weeks because he’s “responding so well” to chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
In the documentary, an emotional Parker explained the toll his cancer had taken on him, as it affected his short-term memory and mobility.
He also was seen reuniting first on Zoom, then in person, with his The Wanted bandmates ahead of their September concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall, which raised money for Stand Up to Cancer.
“It was pretty surreal actually,” he toldThis Morning. “It was pretty special, the fact that we were together again just for the most beautiful reason and that’s to raise awareness. I mean, the boys didn’t need to do that but they were the first thing they said was, we would love to do it.”
Looking forward, Parker said this his goal is to pave the way to better treatment and more options for others dealing with glioblastoma.
“Maybe I was put here for a reason and that reason to me is in terms of glioblastoma,” he said in the documentary. “I would love to raise more awareness about it. I think the next six months, whatever happens to me, if it can have a positive effect on the treatment of glioblastoma, then that’s a good thing, right?”
source: people.com
