![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nick-owen-reveals-return-to-tv-after-having-prostrate-removed-and-bumpy-ride-amid-cancer-battle/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23382908-1691434810196.jpg&description=TV presenter Nick Owen has revealed he's had his prostate removed following his shock cancer diagnosis. The 75-year-old plans to return to present Midlands Today in the autumn after a recent absence from BBC One news programme while he recovers. 3 Nick Owen plans to return to TV in the autumn Credit: PA 3 The star has had his prostate removed The broadcaster revealed the news today on Midlands Today, which he has presented for 25 years. Nick decided to have a radical prostatectomy, which involves removing the whole prostate gland, after speaking to specialists. He told how the surgery had been successful, but described it was a 'pretty bumpy ride' after and said his wife Vicki took the strain. Nick married Vicki Beevers in July 2020, having previously been married to Jill Lavery, with whom he has four children. "She had to do a lot of things medically when I came home, to look after me, including having to give me an injection once a day for about a month - and she's got no experience of that, I've certainly got no experience of doing [it] myself or having it done by a non medical professional," he explained. "So that was one of the many ingredients [which] made it a tough time. "Although I'm not exactly myself at the moment, I do feel a lot more like it," Describing the discover of his cancer as the 'worst day of his life', the former TV-AM presenter said: "I went to a specialist, he wasn't too worried because my figures weren't that high. "But he decided I ought to have a scan, and then the scan said there's something dodgy going on, and then he sent me for a biopsy, which he did. "And the results of that were the killer - on April the 13th, a date (which) will forever be imprinted on my mind. "He told us that it was extensive, really, and aggressive, and I had prostate cancer full-on, and something needed to be done pretty fast. "And that was probably the worst day of my life, or certainly one of them. "It was a very grim moment... driving home after that sort of){kind=link}
TV presenter Nick Owen has revealed he’s had his prostate removed following his shock cancer diagnosis.
The 75-year-old plans to return to present Midlands Today in the autumn after a recent absence from BBC One news programme while he recovers.
The broadcaster revealed the news today on Midlands Today, which he has presented for 25 years.
Nick decided to have a radical prostatectomy, which involves removing the whole prostate gland, after speaking to specialists.
He told how the surgery had been successful, but described it was a “pretty bumpy ride” after and said his wife Vicki took the strain.