Roger O’Donnell Cindy Ord/Getty Photographs
The Treatment’s keyboardist, Roger O’Donnell, has revealed he was recognized with a “uncommon and aggressive” type of lymphoma.
O’Donnell, 68, shared the information through a sequence of X posts on Sunday, September 1, telling his followers that he discovered of his analysis in 2023.
“In September final 12 months I used to be recognized with a really uncommon and aggressive type of lymphoma,” the musician wrote. “I had ignored the signs for a couple of months however lastly went.”
O’Donnell, who joined the British rock band in 1987, detailed that outcomes from a surgical biopsy have been “devastating.” He added that he accomplished 11 months of remedy “underneath among the best specialists on the planet and with second opinions and recommendation from the groups that had developed the medication I used to be being given.”
The star additionally mentioned he underwent radiotherapy and on account of all of his remedies, he’s “effective and the prognosis is superb.”
“The mad axe assassin knocked on the door and we didn’t reply. Most cancers CAN be crushed however if you’re recognized early sufficient you stand a manner higher likelihood,” he wrote earlier than thanking his medical staff, family and friends and urging followers to get examined in the event that they expertise any signs.
There are a number of kinds of lymphoma, a most cancers of the lymphatic system which fights germs and ailments. In line with the Mayo Clinic, signs differ relying on the kind of lymphoma creating throughout the physique, nevertheless painless and swollen lymph nodes within the stomach, neck, armpits or groin should not irregular.
Varied types of lymphoma embody Hodgkin lymphoma and non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which draw signs together with fatigue, night time sweats, fever, itchy pores and skin, chest, stomach and bone ache and sudden weight reduction with out a nutritious diet or common train. It’s unclear which type of lymphoma affected O’Donnell.
The band member additionally shared an Instagram carousel after his X posts went out, capturing himself with brief hair in a sequence of black and white snaps. “The hair isn’t out of selection hahahah,” O’Donnell captioned the carousel.
The Treatment performing in Chicago on September 17, 2023 Jason Squires/FilmMagic
On the finish of 2023, the band introduced that its long-term keyboardist wouldn’t be a part of The Treatment for the Latin American leg of its “Exhibits of a Misplaced World” tour. On the time, no rationalization was offered, nevertheless the band wished O’Donnell “the speediest of recoveries” through social media.
The Treatment, fronted by Robert Smith who’s the only real founding member to stay within the band, first felt the consequences of most cancers when Andy Anderson, a former drummer, died in 2019 following a terminal prostate most cancers analysis.
