Jamie Theakston reveals heartbreaking moment he was told he could lose his voice forever in cancer battle
JAMIE Theakston has revealed the heartbreaking moment that he was told he could lose his voice forever in his cancer battle.
The famous radio presenter previously stepped back from his show with Amanda Holden after a shock diagnosis.
Back in September 2024, the Heart Radio star revealed that he had been diagnosed with cancer.
The Britain's Got Talent judge was practically euphoric when her longtime co-presenter made a return to the airwaves today.
But Jamie, 54, admitted that there was a time where doctors warned him that he could lose his voice forever.
He underwent multiple rounds of surgery after the first operation was not as successful as doctors hoped.
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The presenter said the consultants' potential warnings came as an "enormous shock."
Jamie admitted: "I've had 'scan-anxiety' - everyone who has been through what I've been through will know you just get a barrage of statistics."
"There's a one in ten chance you won't survive it, and you kind of go 'Oh, OK' I'll take that."
As he went through more treatment, he admitted that he became more worried with each statistic.
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"I had to do several surgeries, and the first surgery wasn't as successful as we hoped.
"Then there was a second surgery, and then a third, and each time I was doing more and more damage to my vocal chords."
He added: "By the third one they said, well you've got a one in six chance that you might not be able to talk again.
"I thought OK, that's like rolling a dice, I'll take that, It's just statistics after statistics."
Jamie made an emotional announcement when he first revealed the news of his shock diagnosis last year.
Addressing fans, he told them: "Hi folks, as you know - I recently had an operation to remove a lesion from my vocal cords.
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"The biopsy has identified this as Stage 1 Laryngeal cancer."
"I've had 'scan-anxiety' - everyone who has been through what I've been through will know you just get a barrage of statistics."
He also called it an "enormous shock".
