Jamie Theakston has credited his Coronary heart Breakfast listeners with saving his life.
The 54-year-old radio presenter was identified with stage one laryngeal most cancers in October 2024 after listeners to his present seen some modifications to his voice.
He advised The Occasions newspaper: ‘There have been a few listeners who stated, ”You actually need to get it checked”, and I assume in lots of ways in which type of saved my life, with out being too dramatic about it.”
Talking about his shock prognosis, he stated: “The physician stated, ‘We’ll do a laryngoscopy,’ after which he stated, ‘Oh yeah, that appears like most cancers.’ I simply could not consider it.
“I would absolutely anticipated he would say, ‘Oh effectively, look, we’ll offer you some antibiotics.’ However he stated, ‘We have to get you scanned now’.”
Laryngeal most cancers is a sort of most cancers that impacts the larynx (voice field).
Jamie underwent three surgical procedures and was given the all-clear in January.
Throughout his present final week, Jamie shared a name from a most cancers survivor, who was identified final yr.
She advised him: “I went and bought it checked out. And the physician was like “I do not assume it’s, however we’ll simply shortly move you thru’. And I imply, the NHS are unbelievable.
“Every thing occurred so shortly it was like dizziness, as a result of it was all of the hospital appointments, and bought identified starting of August with early-stage breast most cancers.
“I had two operations after which I bought the all clear. So, it is actually vital to get it checked as quickly as you discover something.”
