Former deputy Prime Miner star Barnaby Joyce will undergo surgery after the Diagnosis Prostate cancerOnly a few hours after he was re -elected.
Joyce unveiled the news after undergoing a prostate -specific antigen blood test, after advice from his doctor.
The test returned an increased result and he underwent an MRI scan and biopsy before diagnosis.
‘Prostate cancer, if you get it early, can be treated very much; In fact, about 97 percent successful, “he said ABC News.
‘I will have the operation on Monday and I will have a few days in the hospital and then recover. I am very blessed and happy to discover this early. ‘
Joyce said he had no symptoms before he was tested.
He will continue to serve in his role as a member of parliament for the NSW seat of New England despite the diagnosis.
“If I thought it was very serious, I would of course resign, but say my doctors or surgeons – you’re good luck that you’re early.”
Barnaby Joyce has six children.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce will undergo an operation on Monday after the diagnosis of prostate cancer at an early stage. Mr Joyce is depicted next to his wife Vikki Campion
Joyce unveiled his diagnosis only a few hours after he was re -elected as a member of New England
He has four daughters from his collapsed marriage to Natalie Joyce, in their early 1920s.
With his current partner, Vikki Campion, he has two sons: Sebastian, born in 2018, and Thomas, born in 2019.
The 24-year-old marriage of Mrs. Joyce with Natalie collapsed in December 2017 and two months later it was revealed that he had had an affair with his former media adviser MS Campion.
In February 2018, it was revealed that the couple expected a child on a daily Telegraaf -front page with a photo of a pregnant MS Campion under the head ‘Bundel of Joyce’.
The leader of the Nationals initially claimed that the child might not have been his, it was that the identity of the father was a ‘gray area’ – but said he would not do a paternity test and generate the boy as Sebastian as his.
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