STEWART ALMOST GAVE UP MUSIC
ROD STEWART considered becoming a landscape gardener or returning to work in his family’s London shop when he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000.
The MAGGIE MAY singing legend feared he would lose his voice entirely when surgeons removed a cancerous lump from his throat, forcing him to consider a career change.
He says, "(Having cancer) gets you in line. Gives you a sense of perspective and priority.
"Although I didn’t consider myself a ‘cancer victim’ - I had thyroid cancer which is probably the easiest to get rid of; but if you leave it, then you’re f**ked.
"But I didn’t have a huge ‘battle with cancer’. We dealt with it early so I was lucky.
"I couldn’t sing for nine months so I was weighing up my options. I was considering becoming a landscape gardener or going back to work in the sweet shop in Muswell Hill."
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