Former Scotland international Kenny Logan has revealed he was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year.
Logan, 50, appeared on BBC Breakfast alongside presenter and wife Gabby, where he revealed the diagnosis.
Logan was capped 70 times by Scotland in a glittering 11-year international career, scoring 220 points and winning two Premiership titles with Wasps.
He revealed he had no symptoms when going to the doctor and was shocked to find out his diagnosis.
“It’s hard because when you’re told you’ve got cancer – I literally fell over,” said Logan.
“I didn’t see it coming, I had no symptoms whatsoever, I had to go looking for it.”
“I went to get a wellness check and sat down with the guy and he said, ‘everything’s fine, your hormones are fine, but your PSA [Prostate-specific antigen] is high’.
“I said ‘What does that mean?’ He said ‘It’s to do with your prostrate, you should probably get checked’.
“So I got checked and very quickly within about three or four months I had a biopsy and they said there’s something there but we’ll just keep an eye on it.”
Logan is unfortunately one of a few former Scotland internationals to have been diagnosed in recent years, with Scott Hastings announcing he was being treated for non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and Tom Smith sadly passing away from cancer in April.
And with Logan now on the mend, he feels fortunate.
He said: “This year, February 7, I was diagnosed with prostate cancer which was a huge shock.
“The big figure he said to me was ‘40% of your mates have got this and they just don’t know they’ve got it.’
“I had to make some decisions, three decisions.
“One – do you go for radiotherapy, take it out, or brachytherapy – so I decided to take it out.
“I’m now three months since the operation, had the prostate out and I’m probably 95% back to normal, I’m extremely lucky.”
