Andy Taylor discusses cancer battle
Legendary Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor has opened up about his cancer battle, admitting it is “kind of mind-blowing” for his family that he’s still around.
The 62-year old dad of four was diagnosed with prostate cancer back in 2018 and has been very open about his journey, since bandmate Simon Le Bon announced his diagnosis when the eighties icons were inducted into the Rock and Roll hall of fame.
He was unable to join the rest of the band for the occasion and following it, he spoke to a doctor who said there was a treatment for him that was targeted to detect only cancer cells.
It involves radioactive chemicals that are given intravenously, and speaking on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show today, he explained how he will be “radioactive for several days” after each session and unable to sleep in the same bed as someone for three days.
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He also joked that the Covid-19 pandemic precautions was good training for this.
“I started this incredible treatment a couple months ago – two shots of nuclear medicine, and it literally is just that – that targets the cancer cells,” he said.
It’s medicine that didn’t exist five years ago, so five years when I was diagnosis with stage four, [it was a case of] ‘you’ve got five years on the clock’.
“Now, I’ve got another five years. So, I’m still in this little bit… did I dodge a bullet?” he explained.
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“The way I’ve landed is pretty amazing. After I had my first round of treatment I asked if it would be possible to [go back to work] as I didn’t want to be doing nothing or be a patient asking for more Nurofen.
“I’ve no pain – I’m asymptomatic after years – and as long as i take it easy and don’t work too hard…I started playing again.
“I keep saying I shouldn’t be here but the fact that I am is kind of mind-blowing for me and my family – that’s the other bit we all need to talk about, the impact on families.
“And the fact us chaps don’t really like to go – we don’t talk! Ladies do! If you brother up a bit – go and have a check!”
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