Michael Bolton has a glioblastoma, brain cancer resistant to treatment which was the cause of emergency surgery that he had 16 months ago.
After this surgery, during which a tumor was removed in its entirety from its brain, the “How am I supposed to live without you?” The singer remained silent on the details. Now he talks about having an “increased feeling” and making the most of a bad situation.
“Succumbing to the challenge is not an option,” said Bolton Peoplerevealing his diagnosis in an exclusive interview published on Wednesday. “You are very quickly trained in a duel. I guess that is how you discover what you are done.”
Bolton's daughter Taryn described the symptoms that have led to her diagnosis. The nausea came for the first time and certain balance problems during a charitable performance of November 2023 on the private island Necker of Richard Branson, she said People. This was awarded to the stress and exhaustion of a non -stop work schedule. But it was not bizarre enough to relaunch the alarms.
Then, after Thanksgiving, the family went Bowling and Bolton tried several times to play in turn. He also fell from his chair. This is where the family knew that something was turned off. “When you look at everything together … We have missed so much,” Taryn told the point of sale. Diagnosis and brain surgery came shortly after.
Bolton has been out of light since then after this December 2023 surgery, followed by a second the following month after developing an infection. His chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments ended last October, he said at the exit, and he chose not to receive a prognosis.
“I want to continue. I think there is still a lot to do on the side of the fight,” said the 72 -year -old singer. “I got a title for a song:” I'm not fighting. “”
The glioblastoma is the most aggressive form of brain cancer and spinal cord, according to the glioblastoma foundation. The average survival time for people who benefit from treatment is 15 months after the diagnosis, depending on the foundation, against three to six months for those who do not. While Research on new treatments was promising, according to the Mayo clinic, the condition has no remedy. It is most often diagnosed when people were in the mid -1960s.
While spending time in his Connecticut house with his three adult daughters and six grandchildren, he told people he experienced “a reality of mortality”.
“Suddenly, a new light took place that raises questions,” said Bolton, “including” am I best that I can do with my time? “”
He said he is still meditating daily and is now working with a vocal therapist and a physiotherapist. He always takes voice and golf courses whenever he can. But this recognition of his mortality probably struck him around his initial emergency surgery.
“It's always the most difficult thing for me to disappoint my fans or postpone a show, but I have no doubt that I work hard to accelerate my recovery and start playing again,” said Bolton in January 2024 when he revealed his first operation and announced a “temporary” break in the tour.
“I am more than grateful to all the love and support that you have so generously shown me over the years,” he said. “Know that I keep your positive messages in my heart.”
