Radio and TV presenter Darren Scott has thanked his fellow South Africans for his or her properly needs and prayers as he continues his courageous battle in opposition to most cancers.
Scott was identified with melanoma – an aggressive form of pores and skin most cancers – virtually 40 years in the past.
Recently medical doctors found new tumours.
BackaBuddy marketing campaign
His present employers, HOT 102.7FM, issued an announcement on Saturday relating to Scott’s newest well being standing.
They made point out of a BackaBuddy marketing campaign launched by Scott’s ex-wife Sarah-Kate Accetta, which is aimed toward helping him with the prices associated to his ongoing most cancers remedy.
Accetta received in contact with The South African website on Sunday with a link to the BackaBuddy marketing campaign.
At the time of publishing on Monday, the marketing campaign has raised simply over R25 000, with a objective of R960 000.
If you’re able to donate, click on HERE to take action.
‘Dad is very sick’
Accetta posted an replace on her Facebook page on Monday morning (SA time), writing:
I can not put into phrases how humblimg and heartwarming it has been since I made Darren’s “Back-A-Buddy” publish
The boys are devastated that their Dad may be very sick however have been so hopeful since watching the out pouring of properly needs within the remark sections.
They don’t have their very own social media accounts however they open up and verify my FB usually
To them, Darren is simply Dad.
To South Africa, he’s a radio legend.
So as their Mom, to see their faces gentle up because the examine individuals sharing their fond reminiscences with or about him, is simply splendidly tearful to observe
They know Darren is preventing for his life, for them.
From the underside of my coronary heart, thanks!
For each shared publish, all types remark and each donation
You are the Ubuntu that USA won’t ever know!
If you may, please donate ANY quantity in direction of his remedy that I mentioned along with his oncologist, that he urgently must shrink the tumours
Even of it’s R20 and also you ask 9 buddies to match you, something is deeply appreciated
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you!
HOT 102.7FM STATEMENT
Recap
As reported by The South African website in late 2024, Johannesburg-based radio station HOT 102.7FM confirmed that Scott can be returning to host its afternoon drive present.
The Just Plain Drive Show noticed a return to South African radio for Scott, who had beforehand been within the United States for the 18 months prior.
Scott is a family title in South African radio and tv, having been within the enterprise for 40 years, together with stints with the likes of Capital Radio, 5FM, 702, East Coast Radio, OFM, and Jacaranda FM.
He additionally loved a profitable TV profession, largely with MultiChoice’s SuperSport, the place he fronted the hugely-popular ‘Boots & All’ rugby present for a few years.
What occurred to Darren Scott?
In a revealing publish shared to Facebook, Scott defined how he has been dwelling with a life-threatening pores and skin most cancers, melanoma.
Sharing an in depth account of his journey, he posted an virtually unrecognisable photograph alongside a newer image of him in hospital.
“The one on the left is me just over a year ago. My weight had dropped to 78kg and I felt like I was close to death,” he posted.
“The pic on the right is me in hospital this past weekend … finally getting a problem fixed after a rollercoaster year.”
When sharing extra particulars, he defined that the primary melanoma had been identified way back to 1986 … “as a result of many hours on a cricket field without adequate protection”.
“Since 1986 my body has been like a ‘pinball machine’ when it comes to this disease,” he shared.
“Discounting the numerous very early stage melanomas (malignant moles in simplistic terms), which have been removed without any follow up treatment necessary, I’ve had five more serious ones … that is, at a more advanced stage.”
Darren Scott went on to depict an agonising journey preventing not solely the illness, however some hostile reactions to tried remedies, considered one of which he suggests “made my own immune system turn on me! It hit me like a series of Mike Tyson blows to my gastro-intestinal region ….”
“I plummeted 15kg in two weeks and after being discharged from hospital with hordes of cortisone and an array of different medicine, I spent the following few weeks, which grew to become months, utterly drained and battling to get better.
“That got here with far too common bouts of dizziness, blackouts and an entire lack of vitality as I battled to take care of my weight above 80kg (regular for me being round 90-95kg).
“This ‘attack’ on my system started in July of last year …. and I only started to feel somewhat human again by November!”
After one other current well being setback that led to his “body shutting down” two months in the past, and which left him largely incapacitated, Scott wanted to have his gall bladder eliminated.
“I finally feel human again after more than a year …. albeit less one gall bladder to go with missing lymph glands, a part of my lung and a section of my chin … and a whole new diet!” he described.
“The good news is … I’m back at that place where all I’m fighting now is my weight … that’s to try and keep it down, as opposed to trying to keep it up!”
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