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8 Aug 2023, 10:45
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Simon Jordan has revealed that he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer, and has spoken about the need for men to “take it seriously”, stating that there is a “real issue out there with awareness around this”.
The former owner of Crystal Palace Football Club is a regular presenter on talkSPORT, but has been away for a few weeks. “I’ve been in the wars a little bit, and I think it might be appropriate to address that,” he said upon his return to the airwaves this morning (8th August).
Returning today to host White & Jordan with Jim White on talkSPORT, he said: “I’m recovering from cancer and I have had some quite significant surgery. I’ve had prostate cancer,”
Explaining that he had the surgery two weeks ago, he told Jim: “It was quite substantial surgery, and it has been quite debilitating, but as you can see I’m able to come in today.”
He added: “The reason why I bring it up is because I think it’s a very important subject… there is a real issue.”
The football pundit continued: “If someone hadn’t spoken to me about being tested, I had no symptoms of prostate cancer and had no reason to believe I had any particular challenges, but someone very close to me did have some 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 60s, I mean men of an age from 30 upwards, need to be looking at.”
Simon told listeners that he had “a simple blood test, called a PSA test” which “produced results that drove me in a direction… into the situation of having some quite significant surgery.”
Speaking about how he “is on the other side” of the medical procedure, and “recovering from it”, he said: “If I hadn’t had the surgery, I wouldn’t be here.”
He continued: “There’s a real issue out there with awareness around this… If you don’t address it in the way that you need to around a simple test, you will find yourself in a situation where one in eight white men will get prostate cancer. And here’s a more glaringly stark statistic, one in four black men will get prostate cancer.
“I’m sitting here. I’ve got six holes in my stomach, and I’m still peeing a little bit of blood, but notwithstanding that, I’m here and about.
“If men don’t take it seriously, people are losing their lives over it, and it’s really, really avoidable."
Simon advised: “Men do need to pay attention to this.”
Everybody at Virgin Radio sends their love to Simon and wishes him a speedy recovery.
Listen to White & Jordan weekdays at 10am on talkSPORT.
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