Stan Walker shares harrowing new photos of his cancer battle
Stan Walker has shared some harrowing new photos of his time in hospital battling stomach cancer.
The 27-year-old recently revealed how tough his cancer battle has been in the documentary Stan Walker: The Fight of His Life, which saw him make the decision to have his stomach removed.
Now the singer has given an insight into how much he struggled in the aftermath of the operation, telling fans at one point nothing could pass through his mouth as it could have “killed me”.
“Nothing was aloud (sic) in my mouth,” he wrote, over an image of himself being supported by loved ones in the hospital corridor. “Because I had a leak inside that would have killed me if anything had gone in it.”
In another image, Stan is lying in bed with a tube going directly into his arm with the nutrients he needs to sustain him.
“That’s the pick (sic) line,” he said. “It was 55cm and went into my arm and then into my heart.”
“I was hooked up to a machine 23/7 and it was the only way I could get fed and liquids for two and a half weeks,” he explained, adding he celebrated his 27th birthday in hospital.
In another photo, Stan is hooked up to a breathing mask, which he needed when he suffered from a collapsed lung.
“I was on this mother all day,” he wrote across the image. “It was a life-saver but annoying as hell!”
The former Australian Idol star revealed in January that he had inherited the rare cancer-causing gene CDH1, a mutation that has caused the deaths of more than 25 members of his family.
Despite losing his stomach, Stan is remaining positive and has previously said he will not let the disease “define” him.