Getaway presenter David Reyne has gotten candid about a serious surgery he underwent earlier this year after being diagnosed with prostate cancer, and his new lease on life now that it is behind him.
The 67-year-old, who has helmed the travel show for over twenty years, sat down with nine.com.au last week to reveal he had undergone a five-hour surgery, which he managed “with flying colours”.
However, despite a successful surgery and brighter days ahead, the TV star admitted that the experience was no walk in the park.
“You’re staring down mortality,” he confessed.
“When you’re living with cancer within, there’s always that grey gloom looming in the background,” he said.
Fast forward to now, the Aussie star says he has a new outlook on life that is “just all sunny and joyous”, adding: “It makes my heart sing, really.”
Not only has Reyne come out “on the other side” with a skip in his step, but he has also found a second wind in his career.
“I love to keep working. Whenever I think that something’s maybe coming to an end, I think, ‘Well, what am I going to replace it with?’” he shared.
Reyne was inspired to speak out about his diagnosis after Top Gear star Jeremy Clarkson revealed he, too, had been battling prostate cancer.
The 66-year-old made the health confession last month during the final two episodes of his hit TV show Clarkson’s Farm’s fifth season.
He has since assured fans that he is “not dead” and is in remission in a video posted to social media.
Clarkson added that the only reason he was okay was that he had undergone a prostate exam, something he advised his male followers to do as well.
“And the reason why I’m fine is that the doctors caught the prostate cancer early, and they caught it early because I got tested,” he said.
“Now I know a lot of you will say ‘Oh, I don’t want to be tested’, because it means someone will have to put their finger in me.
“But it’s just a blood test these days.”
He went on to point out that “ten to twelve thousand people, men, die every year in the UK from prostate cancer”.
“Don’t be one of them. Get tested.”