Sports presenter and former international gymnast Gabby Logan has shared her pride in husband Kenny, who opened up about his battle with prostate cancer on television this morning.
Former Scotland rugby international Kenny Logan sat alongside Gabby on BBC Breakfast this morning to tell his story.
Gabby posted about her pride on Twitter, saying: "Very proud of @KennyLogan wanting to share his experiences this year. For all of you blokes who are of a certain age don’t wait for symptoms. Go get checked. #prostatecancerawarenessmonth."
Kenny was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February after being urged to get checked by his wife, and has recently undergone treatment.
The 50-year-old said: "I was actually listening to one of the episodes about menopause about women and their hormones falling off a cliff.
"As I was going through this in my head, and I thought 'what about me', 'what is happening to me', and Gabby said that I should go and get checked. I went to get a wellness check and he said that everything was fine with my hormones but your prostate is high, your PSA is high so you should go and get checked."
Logan, who won 70 caps and scored 220 points for his country in an illustrious career playing on the wing, had a biopsy before being diagnosed with prostate cancer in February. After being offered the option between to undergo radiotherapy, brachytherapy, or surgery he chose the latter.
Logan added: "I ended up deciding to take it out. So I'm now three months since the operation, had the prostate out.
"And I'm probably 95 per cent back to normal, maybe 90% back to normal."
Kenny warned there had been no signs of his condition and didn't see the diagnosis coming. He added: "It’s hard when you’re told you’ve got cancer – and I’d literally fell over it, I didn’t see it coming, no symptoms whatsoever – I had to go looking for it."
Gabby reiterated these comments and said that a day before his prostate removal her husband had done a bike session with no pain.
She added: "I think that was the shocking thing for both of us that the day before he went in for his operation, I'm jumping forwards a bit, he'd done a bike session."
