Rage Against The Machinen basistilla Tim Commerfordilla todettu eturauhassyöpä

Yhdysvaltalaisesta rap rockin jättiläisestä Rage Against The Machinesta tunnetulla basistilla Tim Commerfordilla on todettu eturauhassyöpä. Commerford on paljastanut asian tuoreessa Spinin haastattelussa kertoen saaneensa syöpädiagnoosin keväällä 2022 ja joutui poistamaan eturauhasensa toukokuussa vain kahta kuukautta ennen yhtyeen Yhdysvaltojen-kiertueen alkua. Commerford kertoi syövästään haastattelussa seuraavaa:

“I’ve been dealing with some pretty serious shit. Right before I was about to go on tour with Rage, I had my prostate removed, and I have prostate cancer. I’ve been someone that’s taken a lot of pride in being in shape and taking care of myself. But it’s something where either you’re either lucky or not.”

“You can find yourself in a situation like I’m in where it’s like, fuck, my whole life changed. With everything that happens to me now, I wonder, am I feeling this way because I have cancer? Am I losing my hair because I have cancer? Whatever it is, it makes me wonder if it’s happening because I have cancer.

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And prostate cancer is a very, very, very tough one because it’s connected to your sexuality. It’s hard to disconnect from that and when you’re forced into that situation, it’s a brutal psychological journey. I’ve been trying to find support groups, and it’s hard to find people and hard to talk about it.

The suffering part of it, the physical suffering after the surgery, I’ve never felt pain quite like that. I have metal plates in my head and cadaver parts in my body. I’ve done a lot of damage through sports and mountain biking and this sort of thing and I’ve always felt like I had a really high tolerance for pain, and that shit brought me to my knees.

After the pain went away, I still haven’t really been able to get up, even though I’m working out and doing shit, but psychologically, the damage is severe. It’s very hard for me to not break down and get emotional.”

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Commerford, jonka molemmat vanhemmat ovat kuolleet syöpään sai tietää omasta syövästään hakiessaan henkivakuutusta itselleen. Syöpäleikkaus on kaikesta päätellen sujunut hyvin sillä Commerford kertoo haastattelussa juuri käyneensä syöpäänsä liittyen testeissä ja niiden mukaan kaikki pitäisi olla hyvin. Hän kertoi aiheesta seuraavaa:

“I just got my six-month test, and it came back at zero. I was like, ‘Fuck yeah!’ That’s the best I can feel for the rest of my life. Every day I get closer to that test is like, ‘Fuck man, is this going to be the time when the number is going to go up and I’m going to the next thing, whatever that is?’ I already went through some pain and shit. And I’m continuing to go through like, some crazy shit.”

Kysyttäessä miltä keikkailu Rage Against The Machinen kanssa tuntui vain pari kuukautta leikkauksen jälkeen kertoi Commerford aiheesta seuraavaa:

“Two months before the tour, I had surgery and my doctors said I wasn’t going to be ready. That was brutal. I would be on stage looking at my amp in tears. Then you just kind of turn around and suck it up. Because of Zack’s injury, we had planned these little video interstitials that came in between blocks of songs.

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We were meant to go on stage, play some songs, go off stage, and on to the interstitials for a few minutes. It was seamless. Then he got hurt and we couldn’t leave the stage. So during the interstitials, we’re just sitting there. That was surreal. I would sometimes sit down and try to not think about certain things. It was weird. I kept it to myself throughout the touring we did and it was brutal.”

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