Channel 10 -star Barry du Bois reveals the emotional moment that he was told that he ‘had three months to live’ in the midst of continuous cancer fights

Barry du Bois has revealed how he remains optimistic during his continuous cancer struggle.

The former living room host, 63, prescribed an emotional essay for Gold Coast Bulletin On Tuesday in which he opened his journey of trauma, depression And incurable cancer.

The presenter born in Sydney revealed how every painful chapter helped him to develop the positive mindset that holds him today.

‘I was in a cold, unknown advice room in the hospital, the hand of my wife who held mine … then one Doctor WHO Had only known me for a few hours, looked at me in my eyes and told me that I had three months to live, “he wrote.

But instead of accepting that grim prognosis, Barry leaned on something much stronger – his own living experience.

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Barry du Bois (photo) has revealed how he remains optimistic during his continuous cancer struggle

“They didn’t know that I had already experienced things that break most people,” he added.

From the fall of 14 meters a roof and the breaking of his back, up to permanent years of IVF – Heartor with wife Leonie – including a devastating miscarriage – Barry has experienced profound physical and emotional pain.

He said he felt “lost and empty” because “everyone who loved me was punished.”

Two weeks after their miscarriage, Leonie was diagnosed with cervical cancer. And while she remained strong during treatment, Barry spotted depression.

‘I avoided a conversation and started a constantly negative conversation with myself that brought me into the darkness … Depression is a lonely state and I refused to share my pain. I saw it as a weakness, “he wrote.

But it was Leonie who helped him find his way back.

Barry said his wife helped him to find ‘goal, connection and a sense of connectedness’.

He mentions that period of reflection and emotional healing because he gave him the power to fight back when he was diagnosed with plasmacytoma -myeloom in 2017 -a rare and incurable immune system.

The former host of the living room wrote an emotional essay for the Gold Coast Bulletin in which he opened his journey through trauma, depression and incurable cancer

Barry said that his wife Leonie helped him to find ‘goal, connection and a sense of connectedness’. Barry and Leonie with their twins Bennett and Arabella

“So when I got my diagnosis – incurable cancer, three months to live – I didn’t fall apart … I knew that by lying on the previous setbacks of life I had the resilience to fight the fight of my life.”

He now focuses on the things he can control every day: mindset, nutrition, exercise and connection.

It comes afterwards Barry offered a sincere update in the midst of his running cancer conflict.

He Went to social media in March to think about his many years of struggle with plasmacytoma myeloma.

In an emotional post, Barry shared a candid photo of the beach of himself smiling and relaxing while he was barefoot on the sand, casually dressed in a white T-shirt and matching white shorts.

In addition to the image, Barry also posted a moving photo of a blue surgical glove with the handwritten words: “Only because you are struggling does not mean that you are failing.”