Celebrating Life
- Singer Rod Stewart and The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood were able to hug it out for the first time in over a year after lockdown restrictions have finally eased.
- “The Maggie May” singer beat prostate cancer and Wood said he has recovered from a rare, small cell cancer in his left lung, his second bout of cancer since beating lung cancer in 2018.
- Prostate cancer usually doesn’t have one particular symptom, so the best thing to do is listen to your body, one leading expert tells SurvivorNet.
Stewart, 76, and Wood, 73, go way back as pals and bandmates; they were in a band called The Faces together from 1969 to 1973. They are also both cancer survivors. The Maggie May singer beat prostate cancer in 2019, and Wood said last month that he has recovered from a rare, small cell cancer in his left lung, his second bout of cancer since beating lung cancer in 2018.
Read More“Couldn't be happier to see our dear friends @ronniewood and @sallywood1 to celebrate the first official day out/IN with a big hug. The first time in a very long time,” Lancaster wrote on her Instagram along with some photos of the tight-knit crew embracing.
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Stewart served as best man at Woods’ and Sally’s wedding, and has stated why the two mates get along so well: "Humour, and respect, for the same kind of musical tastes and similar lifestyles such as all the girls we go right back to the council house, really. You can't take that away."
The guys bonded on tour and stayed friends since the ’70s.
Stewart, who has had a highly successful solo career since The Faces split, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2016 after a routine check-up. He was given the "all clear" from his doctors in 2019 following successful treatment for the disease. Prostate cancer is typically slow-growing and has a good prognosis if caught early.
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Prostate Cancer Symptoms
Dr. Edwin Posadas, a urologic oncologist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center explains to SurvivorNet that prostate cancer is actually a very odd disease, and it doesn't usually have a particular symptom.
“I could not tell a man, this is really the bad sign that you've got prostate cancer,” Dr. Posadas says. “So when men think about things in their urinary tract, they often think about urinary frequency. ‘My urination is different.’ ‘I'm peeing too much.’ ‘I'm peeing too little.’ ‘I'm waking up at night to pee. Is this a bad thing?’ Possibly, cancer would be on the list of possibilities, but the good news is it's not the only thing that's on that list."
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Dr. Posadas also notes the importance of always listening to your body, and noticing if anything feels unusual.
“If your body's telling you something, you should listen. You should talk to your doctor if something is really going askew,” he says. “It could be as simple as a urinary tract infection. It could be an infection in the prostate gland, not a cancer in the prostate gland. We call that prostatitis.”
Prostatitis is much more common than prostate cancer. “But for us, always being aware of the cancer possibility is important. And so at least, if it's on there and someone's thinking about it, the chances of being caught are much higher,” he says. “Looking at your urinary health, your sexual health, yeah, those are very important. And if you're noticing things are different, bring it to your doc."
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