talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan candidly reveals live on air that he’s been diagnosed with cancer and is currently recovering from it.
The former Crystal Palace owner turned outspoken radio pundit disappeared from the station in recent weeks, however, he returned on Tuesday morning to explain what has been happening.
The 55 year old opened up, sharing details of his diagnosis, admitting he only got tested after a chance conversation with a friend.
But has since had a “significant” procedure, and now has vowed to help raise awareness of the condition.
“I’ve been recovering from prostate cancer.”
“I’m here and about. If men don’t take it seriously, people are losing their lives.”
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Simon Jordan said: “I’ve been in the wars a little bit, and I think it might be appropriate to address that. Not because everyone’s holding their breath as to the reasons why I haven’t been in. But I also think there’s a moderately important message.
“I’m recovering from cancer. I’ve had cancer, and I have had some quite significant surgery. I’ve had prostate cancer, and I had the surgery two weeks ago.I t was quite substantial surgery and it’s been quite debilitating.
“But as you can see, I’m able to come in today. I’m going to be recovering from it from a period of time. So I’m going to take my time to get back into the thrust of things, whether it’s business or it’s media.
“But the reasons why I bring it up is because I think it’s a very important subject. Not because I want to have a kumbaya moment and sit there while everyone holds their hands and either feels sorry for me or thinks it’s a commendable thing that I’m doing by talking about it, but because there is a real issue.
“If someone hadn’t spoken to me about being tested I had no symptoms of prostate cancer and had no reason to believe that I had any particular challenges, but someone very close to me did have challenges. And so I went off and had a very simple blood test, which men of a certain age, and I don’t mean in their 50s or in their sixties, I mean men of an age from 30 upwards need to be looking at a simple blood test called a PSA test.
“And from that it produced results that drove me in a direction from about April May into the situation of having some quite significant surgery. And so now I’m on the other side of that. I’m recovering from it.”
When asked if he got the all clear, he replied: “I have all the margins clear in terms of the surgery without going into too much detail.
“And the most delightful experience was walking around with the catheter, which I can assure you I didn’t much enjoy either having it put in or certainly having it taken out.
“But if I hadn’t had this surgery, I wouldn’t be here. And I know that certain Man City fans around the globe might think that’s probably a good thing.
“But notwithstanding that, I just think that there’s a real issue out there with awareness of this. This is one of those cancers. If you’re going to have a cancer, I suppose the mentality that was told to me was this is the one to have.
“But if you don’t address it in the way that you need to by a simple test, you will find yourself in a situation where one in eight men, one in eight white men will get prostate cancer. And here’s an even more glaringly stark statistic one in four black men will get prostate cancer. And it’s a really, really simple way of addressing it. And the earlier you get it. I was fortunate. I had a brilliant surgeon. The reason why I’m here today is I have a hospital appointment and I thought I’d combine the two and, of course, couldn’t miss the opportunity to see old snake oil salesman Eddie Hearn. But I think it’s an important message, Jim, and I just wanted to impart it, not to, as I say, have a kumbaya moment, because I’m sitting here, I’ve got six holes in my stomach and still peeing a little bit of blood.
“But notwithstanding that, I’m here and about and it’s one of those situations where if you don’t if men don’t take it seriously, people are losing their lives over it and it’s really, really avoidable.
“Someone very close to me was diagnosed with something very similar and they said to me, you need to just go and cheque yourself.
“So I went to my doctors and my doctor said, yeah, okay. I don’t think so. I know there’s a lot of stigma. What would you rather die of embarrassment of this particular ailment?
“Men have got this idea of what gets fingers put in certain places and so on and so forth. But the bottom line is, I’m here and I’m talking about it because I think it’s a really important message.
“And there’s lots of people out there that have had this saw. I see people like Ray Winstone running around being ambassadorial for Prostate Cancer UK, which is a great thing, and people that I know that have had it.
“And I was speaking to someone, I was walking through the train station, told me he’s had it recently.But it’s one of those that it’s something you need to attend to and it’s something that men shouldn’t ignore.
“I’m not going to be all pious and sort of get into the territory. I’m not a victim, I’m not recovering in terms of I need somebody to go to a group session and talk to about it.
“But men do need to pay attention to this, and if you hadn’t gone and get tests yeah. You wouldn’t be here. No, I’d be in real, you know, and I didn’t enjoy the surgery and I didn’t enjoy the experience.
“I had a brilliant surgeon. Absolute top, top, top draw. Here in London. So all things been equal. Well, I’m pleased I’ve got some way to go. I’ve got to recover for a bit and I’ve also got to have a series of tests going forward. But two weeks ago, I was two weeks ago yesterday.
ABOUT PROSTATE CANCER (as per NHS):
Prostate cancer usually develops slowly, so there may be no signs for many years.
Symptoms of prostate cancer do not usually appear until the prostate is large enough to affect the tube that carries urine from the bladder out of the penis (urethra).
When this happens, you may notice things like:
– an increased need to pee
– straining while you pee
– a feeling that your bladder has not fully emptied
– These symptoms should not be ignored, but they do not mean you have prostate cancer.
It’s more likely they’re caused by something else, such as prostate enlargement.
The causes of prostate cancer are largely unknown. But certain things can increase your risk of developing the condition.
The chances of developing prostate cancer increase as you get older. Most cases develop in men aged 50 or older.
For reasons not yet understood, prostate cancer is more common in black men and less common in Asian men.
Men whose father or brother were affected by prostate cancer are at slightly increased risk themselves.
Recent research also suggests that obesity increases the risk of prostate cancer.
As talkSPORT’s Simon Jordan candidly reveals live on air that he’s been diagnosed with cancer, why not take the opportunity today to get tested.
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