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I Pushed Dad Out of Hospital in his Chair and we did Wheelies For a Laugh. The Nurses went Mad
EXCLUSIVE: Darius on his Family's Cancer Agony
By John Dingwall Daily Record 23 September 2004
SCOTS pop star Darius Danesh has told of the crushing moment when his dad broke the news he had cancer.
Surgeon Booth Danesh, 62, gathered the family together in February and broke the shattering news.
Opening his heart for the first time, Darius said: 'Dad had a big tumour and doctors didn't give him long to live, weeks at most.
'I couldn't believe it. I was in shock. It was like a really bad dream.'
But the close-knit family refused to accept the grim prognosis of the surgeons at London's Royal Marsden Hospital who had diagnosed lymphatic cancer.
Now Darius has put his pop career on indefinite hold to help Booth find an alternative cure.
Darius said: 'It's been touch and go throughout but my family have pulled together.
'My mum won't leave his side and has a bed beside him in the hospital.
'Through positive thought, prayer and reading and educating ourselves about alternative therapies, we have created an environment which would give dad and his body the best opportunity to heal himself.'
Darius, 24, is convinced a combination of reiki, acupuncture, aromatherapy and herbal remedies have helped.
The alternative therapies are combined with conventional medicine at the Royal Marsden.
Darius said: 'Reading books and going to seminars and stuff helped me realise there are certain things that medical science cannot deny.'
Along with Booth,mum Avril and 20-year-old brother Aria, Darius researched the causes of cancer.
He said: 'Through medication and alternative healing, there are amazing stories of cancer being cured outwith medical science.
'Dad was obviously being very well looked after by the NHS while undergoing alternative therapies.
'The doctors started his treatment the week he was diagnosed. They were fast and efficient.
'But I honestly believe that if it wasn't for us going down the alternative route, he wouldn't be here.
'Medical science wasn't enough to save him. He is not in remission. Remission is not a word the doctors have used yet.
'He is still undergoing treatment but he is undergoing a remarkable recovery. He is a walking miracle.'
As Booth's battle against the cancer unfolded, Darius suffered from writer's block, which led him to question his pop career.
But his father persuaded him to carry on after hearing a bedside rendition of a new song inspired by his illness. Darius, who has another brother, nine-year-old Cyrus, said: 'When I got news of dad's illness, it changed my life.
'I quickly decided I was not going to release a record this year and that I would spend the time I had with my father.
'My dad loves me to play songs on the guitar for him, so I played the song Live Twice as he lay there in the hospital.
'Afterwards, my dad said, 'Darius, your mum tells me you're not going to release this year. This song deserves to be heard. It deserves to be recorded.' 'I had no intention of doing so but my dad said, 'Darius, life goes on. I fight to live to see the achievements of my children. I fight to see you on Top Of The Pops and to hear you on the radio.And to see Aria do his thing and to see Cyrus on sports day.' 'He said, 'Every morning, I wake up and the first thoughts are of my children, not of my life. My life is gone now. I've lived my life. I'm not living for me any more, I'm living for you.' For a father to say that was hugely inspiring.
'He said, 'You can't stop a new journey. You can't even pause. You have to embrace each moment.' 'All these negative emotions which left me feeling like a zombie were lifted. I felt a huge sense of peace and gratitude at being given an opportunity to spend more time with my dad.
'What my dad said was a turning point because he set me back on the path I had set myself as a songwriter.
'From then on, the songs just flowed. It was like a dam bursting and a great feeling.'
The result is the single Kinda Love which is released on October 18, followed by the album Live Twice a week later.
Darius revealed that having a meal with his father in hospital and playing jokes on the nurses has become something of a pastime.
He said: 'On one occasion, I took dad out in a wheelchair, having told the nurses I was taking him outside for five minutes to get some air. I ran around doing wheelies once we got out of the hospital and absconded to a nearby stables.
'Dad was laughing and saying that it looked like I was kidnapping him. We fed the horses, then went back and got a b ****** ing from the nurses.'
Darius became a household name as a goatee-bearded wannabe on the TV talent show Popstars in 2001.
Despite being ridiculed in front of millions, he auditioned for the talent show Pop Idol the following year, despite his parents' reservations and came third.
A record deal followed and his debut single, Colourblind, topped the charts. His debut album, Dive In, has sold 1.25million copies.
Darius said: 'The new album has been written with the undertone of and the prospect of losing a loved one.
'There are a couple of songs on the album written about my dad that I didn't think I would go into a studio to record.
'But my dad said that if only a handful of people picked up my album and were touched or inspired by those songs, that would make me feel really something.
'I thought, 'Dad you're right.' Now that I am coming back, this album is the most honest and clearest indication of where I am at as a performer and an artist.
'This last six months has been pivotal of me going from being a boy to being a man because I have had to face the prospect of becoming the head of the family.'
He added: 'Physically, my dad has changed. He has aged 20 years in six months.
'But my brother Aria and I tell dad he is The Terminator because he just won't die.
'I have prayed every night that God would give us more time with my father and,so far, my prayers are being answered.'