Jamie Theakston reveals he

Last Updated: January 17, 2025Categories: EntertainmentBy Views: 24

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Jamie Theakston is cancer-free and will be returning to work on Monday.

In September, the 54-year-old presenter revealed that he had been diagnosed with stage 1 laryngeal cancer, and had undergone an operation to remove a lesion from his vocal cords.

Speaking to his Heart Breakfast co-host Amanda Holden and Jason King who has been covering his morning role, Theakston said: “I’ve got some news for you. Because I can tell you that as of today, I’m cancer-free”.

He said doctors had warned him there was a one in six chance that he might never be able to talk again.

Returning to the studio on the four-month anniversary of his cancer diagnosis, Theakston admitted: “I’ve had enough of hospitals and operations, and it’s just lovely to be back.”

The former Live & Kicking presenter has said he first became aware of issues with his throat after fans contacted him to say they’d noticed a change in his voice.

Theakston said it had come as “an enormous shock” to receive a cancer diagnosis, explaining: “I fully intended to be told that I had a sore throat. And when I was told, ‘Oh, it’s probably cancer,’ I just, literally, I just didn’t even know what to say. I mean, it just blew my mind.”

He said he went through “several surgeries,” admitting: “The first surgery wasn’t as successful as we hoped. [I] had a second surgery, and then a third surgery, and each time, I was doing more and more damage to my vocal cords.

“So, in actual fact, by the third one, they said, ‘Well, look, you’ve got a one in six chance you might not be able to talk again.’ And so, then you kind of think, ‘Oh, okay, that’s like rolling a dice,’ Yeah, I’ll take that. And so, there’s just a kind of, it’s just statistics after statistics.”

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