I thought this is it..I'm on a conveyer belt up to heaven & this will be the end of it

Aslan star on his palliative care fears

- EMMA MCMENAMY

CHRISTY Dignam has given a poignant interview as he receives palliative care for cancer, reflecting: "I'm on the conveyor belt up to heaven." The Aslan frontman was diagnosed with two rare blood cancers - amyloidosis and multiple myeloma - over 10 years ago.

Dubliner Christy, 62, spent some time in a hospice after his family released a statement in January revealing he was receiving palliative care.

But he is now being cared for at his home in Finglas by his wife Kathryn, daughter Kiera and family.

Brave Christy opened up to Ryan Tubridy in an emotional interview which will air on RTE Radio One tomorrow.

In the audio, Tubridy reveals how wife Kathryn referred to Christy as Lazarus, as he notes how most people admitted to a hospice for palliative care "rarely come home".

Christy says: "I thought this is it, this is the conveyor belt up to heaven. I'll go in here and this will be the end of it.

EXHAUSTED

"The reason I was staying there...

Kathyrn has 10 brothers and sisters, I have eight brothers and sisters.

"So they would be all coming up to visit you and in one week I had conjunctivitis, a chest infection, a stomach bug...

"So they were bringing all those germs into the house. You have to stay up and entertain them and I was just exhausted with it.