Penny Lancaster has opened up about their expertise with most cancers in her new e book, Somebody Like Me, which hit cabinets at this time.

Rod Stewart was recognized with prostate most cancers in 2017 and whereas his well being battle has been extensively documented, on the time he needed to maintain all of it personal. The Maggie Could rocker found he had an aggressive type of prostate most cancers after a routine appointment however Rod made it clear he did not need anyone else to know at first.

Sir Rod instructed spouse Penny Lancaster that he needed to determine what he was coping with earlier than he went public together with his prognosis. Penny described the watch for the outcomes as “excruciating” in her new e book Somebody Like Me. Nevertheless, Rod saved a constructive mindset and centered on the longer term with plans for his subsequent tour whereas he sat within the restoration room after remedy.

Nevertheless, Penny confessed she was silently struggling, detailing that the secrecy was a problem and he or she needed to minimize off her help community till they have been additional down the road. In her e book, she stated it was an “agonising wait”.

Shortly after, she appeared on Free Girls during which she unexpectedly opened up on her sexual harassment she had skilled, which she believes then opened up her feelings about all the things she had been feeling.

After that day, she stated she felt extremely supported, however the days that adopted grew to become an actual problem.

Penny stated: “I felt extremely low, and my despair spiralled additional, and I realised that to be robust for each myself and Rod, I would want some assist too.”

She defined that her GP spoke about placing her on anti-depressants, however she felt that she could be “weak” if she took them.

Penny stated: “Foolish, once I look again now. However I did must recover from this bump, to really feel extra in a position to sort out life head-on.”

She determined to go ahead with the remedy, referring to them as the protection raft she wanted till she may get again to shore.

She additionally began speaking to a therapist, which she welcomed, as she could not speak to anyone else about what was going via her thoughts.

Penny added: “As I sat within the therapist’s room, I sobbed solidly for 3 hours. It is as if a valve had been launched.

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“I did talk about my fears about dropping Rod, about my boys dropping their dad. However what additionally tumbled from my mouth was a bewildering mixture of previous trauma, triggered I imagine, by the Free Girls dialogue.”

Penny did not return after that, saying the timing did not really feel proper, and the skeletons wanted to be “shut away for some time longer” whereas coping with Rod’s prognosis.

Rod fortunately obtained the all clear from most cancers in July 2019.