John Tesh, 69, had a cancer relapse a year ago that required his prostate to be removed but he is now in remission... six years after he was told he would die

Daily Mail ^ | 5 October 2021 | Sameer Suri

[Trillian]

John Tesh has revealed he 'went back into the trenches' with a cancer relapse amid the COVID-19 pandemic last autumn.

The composer and former Entertainment Tonight co-host, 69, told People that he had two tumors around his pelvis that required chemotherapy. And he also had his prostate taken out and lost the use of one of his kidneys.

These days he is feeling better with his cancer in remission, thanks in part to help from his wife, actress Connie Sellecca.

And he also shared that he felt 'battle ready' after defeating cancer the first time.

In 2015, Tesh was told that his cancer was terminal and he needed to sort his affairs.

Tesh detailed his second cancer battle with the site.

'I woke up with an enormous amount of pain one morning in October 2020 - I had pain in both my legs,' he shared.

'It turned out there were two tumors around either side of my pelvis and wrapped around my organs,' John explained.

When he was told of his relapse 'I felt less like a guy who was sick trying to get well and more like somebody who was healed well resisting sickness.'

His latest cancer battle stripped him of the use of one of his kidneys and required treatments ranging from operations to chemotherapy.

Yet he still responded to his relapse much better than to his first experience of prostate cancer in 2015 when he was given 'a get-your-affairs-in-order speech.'

Having been advised that he would be dead in a year and a half, he began 'drinking heavily' in a blend with his prescribed pain pills.

'When you're in that situation - we thought I was terminally ill - that identity gives you a lot of free rein.

[Viking2002]

Good for him. I’m a Farcebook member of his inspirational page, and felt that he was always underrated as a musician as much as Yanni was overrated. Although, on a quiet evening, I can listen to either. His Red Rocks concert is a good watch.

[AlaskaErik]

My doctor told me there should hardly ever be a reason to remove a prostate. I know two men who’ve had it removed and they are completely impotent and have to wear Depends. I just got my lab work back today and my PSA is well within the normal range. Use it or lose it.

[Organic Panic]

We had a great time lampooning his radio show at the office.

[moviefan8]

Roundball Rock
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=V_h7Lm7C9Nk

[eastforker]

I am 68, four years ago I was told I had prostate cancer, I was given the option of chemo and other remedies or surgery to remove the prostate. I went with removal, Today I am cancer free but have to endure the results of not having a prostate gland. I now understand when a woman says she has to go pee right now and can’t hold it.

[eastforker]

Yes I am impotent after my operation, but do have control of my bladder, but, when I gotta go, I gotta go, but I am cancer free.

[WASCWatch]

Your two friends didn’t have one of the best surgeons in the country. If he had, he wouldn’t have those problems.

If a man has prostate cancer, he needs to go to a MAJOR cancer affiliated with a major university like MD Anderson.

I’ve referred several men to the head of urological prostate cancer. All have been very pleased. No long-term ED or urinary control issues.

I asked him for a referral for my brother who lives in Oregon, got a name of a top surgeon at OHSU. He is very pleased with the result.

[Tellurian]

Use it or lose it.

That may seem like sage advice, but it doesn't always work out that way. For me, was using it almost daily for several years immediately before my prostate was found riddled with cancer and removed (by radiation). Also, if the removal is done right as mine was, no Depends, and after a two year hiatus on t. blockers, back to doing it often enough.

I only say this to counter the bleak impression you may have given someone facing that situation. Maybe your doctor is right most of the time (I thought the same way before reality hit me in the gut), but when it has to go, it's not necessarily the end of a normal life.

[Gene Eric]

>> but I am cancer free.

+1

[lee martell]

#1. John’s first cancer doctor told him in 2015 that he would be dead within a year. Is it realistic to expect a doctor to apologize for being wrong about a terminal date, and scaring the hell out of you, or is one expected to just let it go?

#2. John is a lucky man to have married Connie. She has stuck with him in both sickness and in health.
Not every spouse would do that. Some people are very much afraid of being near anything similar to ‘death’.

[irishjuggler]

Lucky man indeed. Back in the day, Connie Sellecca was one of those actresses I’d watch on TV even if her show was boring crap (e.g., Hotel). She had it going on.

[Tennessee Nana]

I remember seeing him on TV playing the piano at an event for New Years 2000

[wardaddy]

Can he have sex

I know some total prostatectomy guys who are done

Others still cracking

Man...I hate this shit

[Trump Girl Kit Cat]

Are guys still that sexually active at 70??? Just askin!!!{

[Tellurian]

+

[wardaddy]

U can get a pump or shots

Right

But no semen...just PEF I think....

I’ve got pals who did it....without shots or one with pump they are doa phallic wise

They say u orgasm but no ropes.....

I have empty sella and low T since head injury in 1990

Aged 32

My urologist.

Claude Workman...a god among men in my view....told me unless I abuse the cyphionate I’m fairly low risk prostrate cancer ....unless I love very old

Unlikely ...at 63 I’m on six of nine lives

I owned a Merck Manual before it was fashionable and a PDR so I’m only a quasi physician ....I’ll defer to you

I did take biology and organic at ole miss...lol

I forgot ..I have a worn Greys too and can inject my own ass and stomach ..Repatha

And can inject horses and dogs well enough

De facto vet too right....lol

[wardaddy]

Im 63 hon....not dead yet

My wife is eight years younger

Look at my profile page

What would u do if you weren’t a lady....

I mean intimacy....emotional availability....not simple coitus

Can keep a marriage together thru rough spots better than anything I know

All men aren’t like me I confess

Especially young ones..

25 years faithful ....

Never tire of her

Faithful to all the three women I’ve loved

Best to you dear

Y’all make the world go round....to me anyhow..

My gg grandpa who rode cavalry as a teen in civil war in Deep South under Van Dorn and Boylston

Outlived two wives and had three kids in his 70s with a late 30s to early 40s Widow

His baby girl who I knew well born when he was 73 in 1922 ...he lived to 88....she died at 93 2015.....she loved telling people her daddy fought for the Confederacy....she adored him

So yes....it’s in my genes I guess

Guess my generation have higher T than young men....apparently

[justme4now]

[Tired of Taxes]

John is a lucky man to have married Connie. She has stuck with him in both sickness and in health. Not every spouse would do that.

John and Connie seem to have a great marriage. John seems like the type of guy who would stick by Connie's side, too, if she were ill.