RADIO Derby presenter Colin Bloomfield insists he is being "realistic" about his health after encouraging news about his brain tumours – but says he is looking forward to getting back to doing a daily show.
Doctors have revealed cancerous tumours on his brain were "stable".
Now the 32-year-old, who also has lumps on his lungs and liver, says he is to return to BBC Radio Derby in February to present the drive-time show.
Colin said he was actively attending the gym, along with football matches, and said he was keen to start back at work properly.
From the first week of February, Colin will be presenting on BBC Radio Derby from 4pm to 7pm.
He added: "It's nice to live my life on a normal basis. I've had so much time off work, I am ready to go back.
"I have been doing the odd newsroom shift but from the first week of February I'll be back to presenting.
"The problem with the disease I have is that you never know what is around the corner.
"I'm quite realistic and I know there is still a massive road ahead."
This Christmas was the first since the death of Colin's father, Lawrie, who died at the age of 80 – only days after Colin found out that his cancer had spread.
Colin said: "I wasn't overly looking forward to Christmas this year but it turned out to be really nice.
"I had a lovely Christmas with my mum and auntie and a nice New Year's Eve in London.
"When it comes to big occasions and events such as Christmas, that's when I think, will this be my last?
"I am living my live on a short-term basis but I have got to stay positive."
Colin is due to undergo a full body scan at the beginning of February to discover whether the tumours in the rest of his body have grown.
He recently started a new combinational drug, which he takes morning and evening.
And his latest brain scan results have revealed that tumours on his brain have not grown.
Colin said: "The drug is only short-term but I feel fine and have no side effects. I am feeling positive at this moment in time."
Colin, who was first diagnosed with cancer in 2001, is battling stage-four melanoma.
He was diagnosed with brain tumours in May and has undergone several different treatments in a bid to shrink the growths.
At the time he was told he may only have a few months to live.
But according to his latest brain scan, his tumours have remained the same size.
Colin said: "I was happy but also slightly disappointed that they had not shrunk.
"The drug I was on last summer shrunk my tumours dramatically so I was hoping for the same but at least they haven't grown. It is still good news and a positive step forward."
