Penny Lancaster on ITV’s Loose Women mentioned husband Rod Stewart’s health regime and common physician visits after overcoming thyroid and prostate most cancers
Penny Lancaster and Rod Stewart have been married since 2007(Image: Getty)
Lady Penny Lancaster has disclosed that her husband Sir Rod Stewart “is in the doctors all the time” following a number of health battles.
The rock legend, 81, obtained a thyroid cancer prognosis in 2000 and prostate cancer in 2017, efficiently attaining remission from each situations.
More lately, he is had knee substitute and ankle fusion operations because of football-related accidents, and while he is skilled minor bouts of strep throat and Covid, he continues to remain energetic, acting on tour and prioritising his bodily wellbeing.
Rod’s partner Penny made her return to the Loose Women panel on Wednesday (February 25) alongside Christine Lampard, Gloria Hunniford and Nadia Sawalha.
The presenters started the ITV daytime present by discussing the query ‘have you ever postpone visiting the GP?’, stories the Express.
‘As Gloria shared particulars of her newest hospital appointment, Penny urged that males are the “worst culprits” on the subject of avoiding the physician.
The mannequin commented: “When it comes to men in particular I think that they’re the worst culprits. My husband, who is 81 now, has just gone off on tour again, would you believe it? Fitness freak, always been fit and healthy.”
She continued: “I think that’s why he’s sort of survived the rock and roll years because he wanted to always be fit for a Sunday morning football game. But 26 years ago, when he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, that was a huge shock to him and then prostate cancer about 10 years ago.
“Once you’ve gotten most cancers as a prognosis it is like a bit black shadow that is hangs over you. So he is in the doctors all the time so he does not waste time. He’s in the fitness center, he is at the physician’s, he desires to go on endlessly.”
She went on: “He takes weights to the backside of pool. He stated it was Frank Sinatra who advised him to assist with the lung capability, swim underwater, practice underwater, in order that’s why he does it.”
During one other section of the programme, Gloria disclosed she’d been knowledgeable she was “profoundly anaemic”. She said: “I needed to have three pints of blood.
“My blood pressure was very low but I felt fine. I’ve since spent four weeks trying to get by energy back up, ironically enough.
“They gave me the blood after which they stated my blood strain was very low. To minimize a protracted story quick they put a digicam down my throat nearly every week in the past and found that I’ve an ulcer.
“It’s all fixable so I’m very grateful but I think a lot of people do put off. It’s not that I’m paranoid about my health or anything, but I’ve always been proactive but I think a lot of men are pretty paranoid about going to see the doctor and it’s a big issue.”
Loose Women airs weekdays on ITV1 and ITVX at 12.30pm
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