Tim Commerford, bassist for rock band Rage Against the Device, has declared he has prostate cancer.
Commerford, who toured with the team this past summer season, suggests he done when recognizing his ailment.
“Right just before I was about to go on tour with Rage, I had my prostate taken off, and I have prostate most cancers,” he told Spin magazine.
“I’ve been someone that’s taken a whole lot of delight in getting in form and taking care of myself,” Commerford, 54, extra. “But it’s something where possibly you are possibly lucky or not.”
Commerford reported he has tried out to remain upbeat following the analysis.
“With everything that takes place to me now, I question, am I sensation this way because I have cancer? Am I getting rid of my hair for the reason that I have cancer? Whatsoever it is, it would make me question if it is happening simply because I have cancer,” he mentioned.
“I’ve been striving to locate guidance teams, and it is tricky to discover persons and really hard to discuss about it. The struggling portion of it, the physical suffering soon after the surgical procedures, I have by no means felt suffering really like that,” he reported.
Commerford explained he didn’t intend to open up up about his analysis, but he was moved to do so when he learned that Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor also has prostate most cancers. Taylor missed the group’s recent induction into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame, which Commerford watched on Television.
“I noticed them on stage and questioned, where’s Andy Taylor and why do they have this other male in right here?! Then it was like, ‘Andy Taylor is suffering from stage 4 prostate most cancers and is not able to make it,’” he stated.
“My lifestyle is form of like that. There are a ton of individuals who have it. There are a ton of people today who are like, ‘Where do you go?’ You simply cannot speak to a therapist. You can only truly chat to another person who’s likely by means of it.”
Commerford claims his bandmates understood about his problem in the course of the tour and he remains committed to remaining as nutritious as can be.
Commerford also reported he sees the constructive facet of what he’s heading via, hoping it could help other folks.
“I hope there is one individual who reads this and is like, ‘F—, I want to get checked out,’ when they obtain out about it,” he explained.
