Actress Lynda Bellingham confirms terminal cancer

Lynda Bellingham said today she was in "a good place" after making public her decision to end her treatment for cancer within a few weeks.

The former actress and presenter, has been battling colon cancer cancer for the past year. Her cancer has spread to the lungs and liver, despite undergoing a gruelling schedule of chemotherapy.

In a message to her old colleagues on ITV's Loose Women today she thanked the public and her friends for their support.

Bellingham said she plans to stop treatment in November, as she would like to see one last Christmas. She continued:

Lynda Bellingham said she has written a book about her experience with cancer in a bid to help other terminally ill people.

The actress thanked her Twitter followers for their support after revealing she has terminal cancer and will stop chemotherapy within weeks.

Lynda Bellingham has thanked her Twitter followers for their support after the actress revealed she has terminal cancer and will stop chemotherapy within weeks:

Lynda Bellingham has revealed how she told doctors and her husband Michael Pattermore she will stop her chemotherapy.

In an autobiography due to be published next month and serialised in the Mail on Sunday, she wrote:

The 66-year-old star, best known for her long-running role as a mum in the Oxo TV adverts, has been battling colon cancer, which later spread to the lungs and liver, since being diagnosed in July last year.

"The time has come to cease and desist. I would love to make one more Christmas, if possible, but I want to stop taking chemo around November in order to pass away by the end of January," she wrote.

Actress Lynda Bellingham has confirmed she has terminal cancer and will stop her chemotherapy within weeks.

This will allow the 66-year-old star, who is best known as a regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women and as the Oxo mum, to spend one more Christmas with her family.

Bellingham has been battling colon cancer, which later spread to her lungs and liver, since been diagnosed in July 2013.

Earlier this year she picked up an OBE for recognition of her acting career which has spanned 40 years.

Highlights included TV series All Creatures Great And Small, competing in Strictly Come Dancing and starring in the touring stage production of Calendar Girls.

Bellingham, whose sister Barbara died from lung cancer, has written an autobiography Memoir, which details her own battle with the disease. It will be released on October 9.