Wilko Johnson, of Dr Feelgood and The Blockheads, has today reluctantly had to cancel all of his public engagements.
Wilko, currently riding high in the UK album chart with the Roger Daltrey collaboration Going Back Home, has sought further advice about his pancreatic cancer and as a result has undergone a medical procedure that will see him out of action for the foreseeable future.
Doctors are hopeful that following the surgery the prognosis for Wilko will be positive.
Before going into hospital Wilko spoke to Tony Parsons of GQ where it is revealed that it has been discovered that he has a less aggressive, possibly operable, form of pancreatic cancer. A Wednesday operation will remove his “football-size tumour, as well as his entire pancreas, his spleen, part of his stomach, parts of both his small and large intestines, and involved the removal and reconstruction of blood vessels relating to the liver.”
The extraordinary interview can be read here.
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