Angie Best has shared the news she had been waiting months to say out loud: she is now cancer-free and focused on healing.
The 74-year-old former model, who revealed in January that she had been diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer, has documented an intensely difficult seven-month journey through treatment, uncertainty and major surgery.
Now, after months of fear and gruelling medical procedures, Angie says the cancer is gone.
And her message was filled with relief, gratitude and a determination to make the most of whatever comes next.
From devastating diagnosis to a life-changing update
Angie, the former wife of late football legend George Best and mother of television personality Calum Best, revealed that her cancer had spread to her liver.
The diagnosis immediately placed her on a demanding treatment path.
She underwent chemotherapy and immunotherapy before later having surgery to remove what remained of the cancer.
In a recent video shared with followers, Angie explained that the earlier treatments had dramatically reduced the size of a large tumour.
She said the mass had originally measured around 30cm, but had shrunk significantly before doctors went in to remove the remaining part attached to the colon.
It was the final major step in a journey that had dominated much of her year.
“It’s over”
For months, Angie had shared far more difficult updates.
This time, the tone was completely different.
She described herself as happy and deeply grateful, saying the ordeal was finally over.
Angie revealed that she had been discharged from hospital after undergoing keyhole surgery to remove the last remaining cancerous tissue.
She explained the process in her own characteristically direct way, joking that surgeons had effectively moved things around “like an interior designer” while making sure everything continued working properly.
But beneath the humour was enormous relief.
The surgery had gone ahead.
Her recovery was progressing.
And, crucially, she had been given the news she had hoped for.
She could now officially call herself cancer-free.
A difficult recovery after major surgery
Angie also spoke openly about the immediate aftermath of the operation.
For several days, she was limited to fluids while doctors monitored her closely.
That period left her looking noticeably thinner, something she addressed directly.
She said she had lost a significant amount of weight during the process but was not overly concerned about it now that the operation was behind her.
Her focus had shifted.
Food would return.
Strength would return.
Weight could be regained.
What mattered most was that her body was functioning as it should.
Angie explained that after being slowly reintroduced to food, doctors waited to make sure her digestive system was working properly.
Once it did, she knew she had cleared another major hurdle.
“I am cancer-free and healing”
The most emotional moment came when Angie finally said the words she had been fighting toward.
She described herself as cancer-free and healing.
There was no sense that she believed the journey had been easy.
Quite the opposite.
She acknowledged that the operation had been major and that her body now needed time.
She could not simply return immediately to normal life.
She needed to rest.
Wait.
Recover.
But for the first time in months, the future sounded bigger than the illness.
A complicated treatment journey
During the past several months, Angie has split her time between the UK and a clinic in Switzerland.
She has spoken about using mistletoe therapy and other complementary approaches alongside conventional cancer treatment.
Importantly, her cancer care also included established medical treatments such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy and surgery.
Her experience has therefore been deeply personal and multi-layered.
But the major turning point came through the medical treatment that reduced the tumour and allowed surgeons to remove what remained.
Now, with the cancer reportedly gone, the focus is recovery.
“I’ve got so much I want to do”
Perhaps the most striking part of Angie’s update was not simply the phrase “cancer-free.”
It was what came after it.
She talked about the future.
About plans.
About reinvention.
About starting again at 74.
After seven months in which cancer dictated so much of her daily life, she suddenly sounded like someone taking ownership of her time again.
“I’ve got so much I want to do,” she said.
Then came the line that perhaps summed up her entire outlook.
She wants to reinvent herself.
At 74.
A new chapter after seven months of fear
There is something deeply powerful about that idea.
A cancer diagnosis can reduce life to appointments, scans, treatments and waiting rooms.
Days become about results.
Weeks become about recovery.
Plans are put on hold.
The future feels uncertain.
For Angie, much of the past seven months appears to have been lived inside that reality.
Now she is talking about what comes next.
Not merely surviving.
Living.
Creating.
Changing.
Beginning again.
Gratitude instead of fear
The difference in Angie’s tone was impossible to miss.
Earlier updates had carried exhaustion, anxiety and the emotional weight of treatment.
This one carried something else.
Relief.
She smiled.
She joked.
She spoke about food.
She spoke about healing.
She spoke about her future.
And most importantly, she no longer sounded like someone waiting for the next piece of bad news.
She sounded like someone who had finally been given permission to look forward.
The hardest chapter may be behind her
Angie still has recovery ahead.
Major surgery takes time.
Strength does not return overnight.
There will be healing, follow-up care and the gradual process of rebuilding normality.
But psychologically, this moment marks a major shift.
Seven months ago, she was facing a Stage 3 cancer diagnosis that had spread.
Now she is saying she is cancer-free.
For Angie Best, those seven months may have changed everything.
Her priorities.
Her perspective.
Her sense of time.
And perhaps even her sense of self.
That may be why her final message feels so meaningful.
At 74, she is not talking about slowing down.
She is talking about reinvention.
She is talking about the rest of her life.
And after everything she has been through, that may be the most powerful update of all.
