Simon Jordan delivered a powerful message on talkSPORT this morning as he revealed he was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer.
The former Crystal Palace owner has been off the talkSPORT airwaves for a few weeks as he underwent surgery following the diagnosis.
He was back with Jim White on Tuesday morning and opened up on his health with a message for men to get tested.
“I’m recovering from prostate cancer and I have had some quite significant surgery," he revealed on White and Jordan.
“I had the surgery two weeks ago, it was quite substantial surgery, and has been quite debilitating, but as you can see I was able to come in today.
“I’m going to be recovering from it for quite some time. I’m going to take some time to get back into the thrust of things, whether that be business or media.
“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 everyone sits and holds hands and feels sorry for me or everyone thinks I’m doing something commendable by talking about it.
“But because there’s 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 I had any particular challenges.
“Someone very close to me did have some challenges. I went off and had a very simple blood test that men of a certain age, and I don’t mean in their 50s or 60s, but from 30 upwards.
“A simple blood test in April or May drove me in a direction into the situation where I had quite significant surgery.
“I’m on the other side of that, I’m recovering from it.
“I have all the margins clear from the surgery. The most delightful experience was walking around with a catheter, which I didn’t particularly enjoy being put
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