First Dates star Merlin Griffiths updated fans on his ongoing battle with bowel cancer after revealing he has undergone more surgery following a “setback”The Channel 4 barman, 47, gave an update on his health, describing his recovery as a "long, slow road" after doctors discovered he had a 4.5cm grade three tumour in September last year.Merlin said things were “going well” after the operation in April to remove the tumour, however, a setback saw him back in hospital and having to have further procedures.READ NEXT: First Dates' Fred Sirieux brands Gordon Ramsay a 'dinner lady on speed' after TV blunder"I got myself up and around [because] you're supposed to do what's called active recovery these days," Merlin told The Metro.He added: “I was operated on in April, late April.
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