Why did ‘The Loose Woman’ star Coleen Nolan laugh out loud when diagnosed with cancer?

‘The Loose Woman’ star Coleen Nolan has been diagnosed with cancer. As her sister Linda battles cancer, Coleen got scared and ‘felt like a ton of bricks falling on her’.

Talking to an ITV show, she said that she underwent treatment for a red spot that she considered was eczema. She said that later she came to know that it was a kind of cancer that doesn't spread but needs to be treated with chemo cream. The doctors called it ‘melanoma skin cancer’.

She said that she was initially shocked, but laughed loudly, Coleen said that it was embarrassing for her to talk about cancer, but she wants to help others. She also said that she would spread awareness and urge everyone to get themselves checked even if nothing is detected.


Coleen lost her elder sister Bernie to breast cancer at the age of 52 in 2010. Her other sister Linda was diagnosed with cancer in 2005 and now cancer has spread to her brain. Ann was the first among the Nolan sisters to battle cancer.

FAQs:

Q1:How many of Nolan's sisters were diagnosed with cancer?
Coleen Nolan lost her elder sister Bernie to breast cancer at the age of 52 in 2010. Her other sister Linda was diagnosed with cancer in 2005 and now cancer has spread to her brain. Ann was the first among the Nolan sisters to battle cancer.

Q2:What was her reaction when Coleen Nolan was diagnosed with cancer?
Coleen Nolan said that she got scared and ‘felt like a ton of bricks falling on her’. But she laughed it loud. Now she finds it embarrassing to talk about cancer, but she wants to help others.