The Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell has revealed he has been battling cancer.
The 68-year-old musician has told fans how he was diagnosed with a “very rare and aggressive form” of lymphoma and has been receiving treatment for it for the past year.
O’Donnell shared an update on social media to mark Blood Cancer Awareness Month and urged others not to ignore symptoms, as he had done.
Writing on X, she said: ‘In September last year I was diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive form of lymphoma.
‘I had ignored the symptoms for a few months but finally went for a scan and after surgery the biopsy result was devastating.
The Cure keyboardist Roger O’Donnell has revealed he has been battling cancer
‘I have now completed 11 months of treatment with some of the world’s top specialists and with second opinions and advice from the teams that had developed the drugs I was being given.
‘I had the benefit of the latest science-fiction immunotherapy and some drugs that were first used 100 years ago. The last phase of treatment was radiotherapy, which was also one of the first treatments developed for cancer.
O’Donnell explained how the treatment has been a success and reassured fans: “I’m doing well and the prognosis is amazing.”
“The axe murderer knocked on the door and we didn’t answer,” he added.
Begging her fans to seek help if they have symptoms, she added: “Cancer CAN be beaten but if you are diagnosed early enough you have a much better chance so all I have to say is go and GET TESTED, if you have even the slightest suspicion that you may have symptoms go and get checked out.”
‘If you know someone who is sick or suffering, please talk to them, every word counts, believe me I know that. I would also like to thank my doctors, they are all rock stars, all the nurses and technicians, my friends, my family and Mimi. Sometimes it’s harder to be on the other side of this…’
O’Donnell had to pull out of The Cure’s Latin American tour last November, stating at the time that it was due to “health reasons.”
In an update shared with fans on social media, the band sent their best wishes to their keyboardist, posting: “We’re sure he’ll join us in wishing him the speediest of recovery.”
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