‘Hard seeing someone you love in the trenches’ Hairy Bikers’ Si King on Dave Myers' cancer
express.co.ukWhite Wine Question Time last week.However he has high hopes for his friend's recovery. "He's as tough as an old boot, which is what we're all relying on," he told host Kate Thornton. "He's as hard as nails!"He added that the two of them together make a "formidable team".
Si and Dave have travelled the world sampling new foods and adventuring in exotic locations. However, heartbreakingly, the chemotherapy treatment Dave is enduring means he has been through recent spells of losing his appetite.
When it returns, he has cravings for very unusual combinations indeed, such as cottage pie with Vimto."It's not very gastronomic," he chortled of the pairing."Lil [wife Liliana Orzac] is sitting down with a really nice glass of burgundy and I've got a pint of Vimto!"Kate sympathised with how "horrible" it must have been for a chef to lose his sense of taste.
Interestingly, his sense of smell has had the opposite transition, becoming "more acute". Recalling his diagnosis, Dave groaned: "I went to the doctors complaining of various bits and bobs and then the next thing I know, you get a phone call saying it's a tumour, and you're going to have to have chemotherapy.""Fortunately the chemo's working, but it's the effect the chemotherapy has on you," he elaborated."My eyes are sore because my eyelashes have fallen out - and it's c**p like that that's irritating...
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