John Bain, a British YouTube gaming celebrity known to his legions of subscribers as TotalBiscuit, has just been diagnosed with inoperable liver cancer. His doctors have given him a life expectancy of 2 to 3 years.
Using the Twitlonger application, the 31 year-old Bain delivered the sad news.
Well, I don't know if there is really a right way to tell people this, so I guess here goes. The CT did not come back negative. The cancer in the bowel is gone, but spots have appeared in my liver.
They're not operable and there's no cure. Average life expectancy is 2-3 years, though there are outliers that live much longer. I'll be back on chemo in a few weeks, with the goal of pushing it back and keeping it there for as long as possible. I fully intend to be the outlier, the average is this way because most people that get this are old and not strong anymore.
Who knows what they'll come up with in the next decade? I intend to beat it for as long as possible. Gonna need some time to process all of this. I don't really feel anything right now. Thanks.
Fuck this stupid disease. The average is going up after I'm done with it.
— John Bain (@Totalbiscuit) October 15, 2015
Also known as the Cynical Brit, Bain has amassed over 2 million subscribers on Youtube on the back of his honest and amusing commentary of the modern gaming industry. In 2014, Bain was diagnosed with Bowel cancer, but later revealed in January of this year that scans had come back clear. After he broke the news, an outpouring of support swept over him on Twitter.
If there's one person I expect to continue to work to put out amazing content it's @Totalbiscuit And I'll still be there to ruin it #friends — Jesse Cox (@JesseCox) October 15, 2015
We wish him and his family all the best during this difficult time.
