He had not felt right for some time
Actor Jake Abraham has warned others about "leaving it too late" to see a doctor as he spoke about being diagnosed with terminal cancer. The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels star, originally from Kensington, has enjoyed a four-decade career on stage and screen and was most recently working in pantomine 'The Scouse Jack and the Beanstalk' at the Royal Court, which ran until January.
He said: "Doctors have told me it could be months, it could be years. It's frightening. It's scary, to be confronted with your own mortality is the most scary thing you'll ever go through. To prepare for that and be cognitive mentally, but knowing that's what's coming, it's tough." The actor also wants to break down the stigma of being checked for prostate cancer, with many people thinking that such a test would take a quite intrusive form. "People think it's like this , but it's not", he said. "They take your blood and they'll tell you over the phone - you could save yourself 20 years of life."
The support of family and friends has been crucial to Jake and he believes that remaining as positive as possible is the key to making the most of his time. Family have rallied around him, while his friends from the industry have offered support. Jake and Alan have worked together many times over the years, including the Channel 4 drama 'GBH' and the National Theatre play 'On the Ledge'. Alan, 77, often drops in on Jake to check how he's doing.
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