Def Leppard's Vivian Campbell Shares Valuable Lesson From Cancer Fight
. His treatment for Hogkin's lymphoma continues after he was originally misdiagnosed by medics who thought he was suffering from a persistent bug. Campbell tells 93.3 WMMR: "I remember getting this head cold and flu-like symptoms, and a doctor gave me some antibiotics. Five or six weeks later I had the same thing come back, and the one thing that was constant was this cough that wouldn't go away. "My doctor said, 'Sometimes it takes time for these things to heal up.' A respiratory doctor gave me an inhaler and nasal spray. I said, 'This isn't really getting any better,' and he'd just give me a stronger inhaler." After a year he insisted on an X-ray, which identified there was a more serious problem. "A very brilliant doctor said she was pretty sure I had Hodgkin's lymphoma," Campbell recalls. "We did a biopsy a couple of days later, and there you go - Hodgkin's lymphoma." He reflects: "One thing it taught me is that you really have to advocate for your own health. If you know something's wrong, even though doctors are very well educated, nobody knows your body like yourself. I knew something was wrong and my doctors just weren't listening." Read more and listen to the full interview here. Classic Rock Magazine is an official news provider for antiMusic.com. |
Sammy Hagar Reveals Classic Song That Alex Van Halen Rejected
Amen's Casey Chaos Had Project With Roy Mayorga
Lzzy Hale Open To Rocking With Skid Row Again
L.A. Guns Announce New Album And The Lucky MF'r Tour
Aerosmith Retired Due To Steven's Vocal Injury (2024 In Review)
Ozzy, Lemmy, Motley Crue, More Featured In Welcome To The Rainbow Documentary (2024 In Review)
David Lee Roth Went AWOL After Van Halen Tribute Tour Invite Says Hagar (2024 In Review)
Rammstein Called Allegations 'Baseless And Grossly Exaggerated' (2024 In Review)