Black Sabbathin kitaristi kommentoi hoitojaan syöpään liittyen
Englantilaisen heavy metallin legendan Black Sabbathin kitaristi Tony Iommi on laittanut verkkoon päivityksen liittyen meneillään oleviin syöpähoitoihinsa. Lue lisää nähdäksesi koko viesti.
“I have to have an antibody administered by drip every six weeks or so to keep the lymphoma in check. It sort of coats the cancer cells, stops it from going anywhere else. I have to come back home no matter where I might be in the world.
The tour dates are arranged so that I can always get back for treatment. It’s the only way I can manage my illness and keep on the road. I’d love to play more shows than we’re doing but my health has to be sorted out first.
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeenMainos päättyy
The infusions I have are part of the chemotherapy regime. It’s relatively new treatment and they don’t know what all the side-effects might be yet, but I wanted to try it.
After each session I feel sick and tired, and that lasts for a week or so. I’m finding that it takes around 10 days to fully recover from each round of treatment, but if that’s what it takes, I have to accept it.
In myself I’m feeling OK now. When I first found that I had the illness, it was a dark time and I was a bit spaced out. Since we’ve been in rehearsals and recording sessions, I’ve felt pretty good – great even.
Artikkeli jatkuu mainoksen jälkeenI think that the album and tour have given me something immediate to get my teeth into, something to accomplish.
It’s not a case of taking your mind off the lymphoma – you want to be strong about it, but there’s this little doubt in your mind that keeps nagging: what if this pops back – but it is something to get excited about.”
