After disclosing he has throat cancer, comedian Mark Steel thanked his loved ones, friends, and fans for their support.
He said that illness was “very treatable” and that he may perform again in six months, according to the doctors’ estimates.
Comedian Mark Steel underwent surgery for throat cancer
All appears to be proceeding according to plan, he remarked after his first surgery on Monday.
Steel, 63, suggested that everyone—including medical staff—celebrate by “getting utterly drunk” at his place “when this is over.”
The host of Mark Steel’s In Town and a regular on Have I Got News For You and Mock the Week claimed on his website that he first realized his neck was “much bigger than normal” while shaving.
He initially believed it to be an illness that would go away on its own.
When it didn’t, he went to the doctor, “talking in the blokey way that men often talk to a doctor, saying ‘I’m sure it’s nothing, I’m sorry for coming’.”
He was given a biopsy, but later on it was revealed that the results had been lost in route. When someone called to set up a second biopsy and explained that it was “to see what stage of cancer you have,” he just found out he had cancer.
A consultant then informed him that he had lymph node-positive throat cancer.
So that’s where I’m at right now,” he said in conclusion. “I have cancer, but it’s a cancer that can be got rid of.”
He said on X (previously Twitter) on Monday: “I underwent the initial surgery for this marginally unwanted malignancy this morning.
“All seems to be going to plan, due to the magnificent staff at St George’s but I have these tubes poking out, so I look like a car in my home town of Swanley that the locals are syphoning petrol from” .
similarly on Monday, after revealing he has a spine tumor, fellow comedian Matt Forde claimed he has similarly been “overwhelmed” by letters of support.
The 40-year-old presenter of Absolute Radio had earlier posted online to announce his impending operation and to urge anyone else who may be experiencing symptoms to see a doctor right now so they may “catch it early.”
He tweeted, “I’ve had terrible sciatica lately.” “It’s caused by a spine tumour.”
“I need surgery, so I’ll be off for a while,” he continued. To fill in the time, I’ll tape some shows.
“I’ll be alright. I’ll trust the procedure, as [Nottingham Forest FC manager] Steve Cooper put it.
The broadcaster, who also serves as co-host of the British Scandal podcast and makes appearances as an impressionist on the revived Spitting Image, subsequently stated online that he felt “a bit young” to receive the diagnosis but hoped that his youth would help him recover.
