Montell Jordan, South Son’s son who made glory in 1995 with the hit “This is how we do it,” explains his prostate cancer, despite a radical prostatectomy last year.
“We thought [the cancer] was all confined, isolated from the prostate, “he said on Wednesday” today “.” Apparently, that was not the case. “
Jordan said that after his nine -month follow -up examination and his tests, the doctors noticed a “small quantity” of cancer cells in the prostate bed – the old gland site which has been removed – and in certain lymphatic lymph nodes on the left side of his body. He opts for proton radiotherapy to target cancer and hormonal blockers to reduce or eliminate testosterone production, a hormone which, according to the Mayo clinic, is necessary for most cancer cells to the prostate develop.
The five -day radiotherapy features will be “an interruption of life of 7½ weeks to make sure that I have a longer life,” said the graduate of the University of Pepperdine, 56, who is now a pastor based in Georgia, in addition to continuing to work in the music industry.
After spending prostate exams regularly since he was 40 years old, he knew that his doctor suspected that he had cancer when his PSA test results returned. However, he said, obtaining the official diagnosis in early 2024 was a shock.
“I am still numb a little,” said Jordan “today”. “I am the type of person who tries to live a life of moderation in what I eat and what I drink and how I train. I do not make alcohol or smoke or these things. ” He noted that his quality of live was “fantastic” since his surgery.
However, the biopsy that returned after his prostatectomy showed that his cancer was probably stadium 2, and not stage 1, as originally thought, he said. Stade 2 means that cancer has grown and possibly spread to nearby lymph nodes. The most recent examination seems to have confirmed this diagnosis.
Jordan said he was talking about his career because the way prostate cancer and the notions of virility and masculinity are intertwined means that men do not like to talk about the disease – black men in particular.
The minister, who, with his wife, Kristin Jordan, trained the “100% virtual” master’s church operating in Dacula, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta, also turns a documentary on his experience.
“I try to give a model for people who diagnose with, one, one, I know that they have options at their disposal,” said Jordan. “And, two, in the mixture of what it looks like, it is normal to cry. It is normal to shake your fist on God. It’s ok to navigate and do what you have to do, but do nothing is not an option.”
