Johnny Ruffo steps out for the first time after his brain cancer diagnosis
- Publish Date
- Monday, 18 September 2017, 2:39PM
Over the weekend, former Home and Away star Johnny Ruffo made his first public appearance since being diagnosed with brain cancer.
The 29-year-old was rushed to hospital in August after suffering from a bad migraine.
But the migraine was actually a large brain tumour, which saw Ruffo undergo life-threatening brain surgery.
Doctors later diagnosed him with a stage three oligodendroglioma, a rare brain cancer.
Speaking with New Idea magazine, Ruffo said: "Without the operation, there was a 100 per cent certainty I would have died because of the pressure on my brain".
Attending a charity gala in Sydney on Saturday night, you would never know the horrific ordeal Ruffo has been through.
The actor - who played the lovable Chris Harrington on the Aussie soap - looked the picture of health and was all smiles alongside his gorgeous girlfriend Tahnee Sims.
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