Chris Holmes (formerly of W.A.S.P.) shares an update of his health

Chris Holmes, a former guitarist for W.A.S.P., has provided an update on his GoFundMe effort, which aims to raise money to pay for his most recent cancer treatment, as per Blabbermouth. Four years after receiving treatment for throat and neck cancer, the 68-year-old Holmes, who has resided in Cannes with his wife since 2014, recently started chemotherapy for prostate cancer in France. Holmes made this statement in a video message posted on his social media earlier today.

Hey everybody. It’s Chris Holmes here. I would like to take this moment to thank everybody… I’d like to thank everybody who’s donated to my GoFundMe very, very, very much. It’s helped me. It’s actually given me a prolonged lease on life , ’cause it’s helped me through my cancer thing. I don’t know what I would’ve done if I couldn’t get the money to help me through this. I could’ve got the radiation. I don’t know if I’d have finished whatever. I just wouldn’t have the money. But I appreciate everybody who’s helping me more than you ever… And in the next, depending how long I last, and when you ever see me here and there, come up and tell me you donated to me, I’ll give you the biggest fucking hug you’ll ever imagine. I’ll give you the shirt off my back, okay?

I’d like to know if you could still help promote the GoFundMe, ’cause I haven’treached the goal that we’ve been looking for. We’re about 20% [away from reaching the goal] — we’ve made 80% of it, [with] about 20% to go. I’d appreciate it if you help promote it on your websites or whatever. If you could keep pushing it. It gave me a little bit of lease on life. It’s helped me get to pay for all the things I need to do. I take this stuff called hormonal therapy, [which] makes me really sick. The last two weeks I just went through probably one of the most sickest times I’ve ever been in my life. I thought the throat cancer was bad when on chemo, but something happened in my — not my, after my stomach, my gizzards, I lost all the good and bad bacteria that’s in there because of radiation. And then when I drink water, it just went straight from my stomach right out my rear end. I could’ve sat on the toilet and drank it, and you could just put a cup under my butt and it would’ve just filled right back up. [Laughs] It was sad. Dysentery would’ve been beautiful to have.

But I’d like to thank everybody who’s put money in this. From the deepest of my heart, it’s helped me to get through this, all right? I love you very much, please help promote this just a little bit more so I can maybe make the whole 100% of the goal. We got 20% more, okay? Thank you very much, and I love you for it, okay?