Radio personality, Rush Limbaugh, made a shocking revelation on Monday by announcing that he has been diagnosed with “advanced lung cancer.”
He closed his broadcast with the chocking news and said he will not be available on certain days due to his treatment; however, he said he will return later this week.
Limbaugh said, “This day has been one of the most difficult days in recent memory, for me, because I’ve known this moment was coming. I’m sure that you all know by now that I really don’t like talking about myself and I don’t like making things about me… one thing that I know, that has happened over the 31-plus years of this program is that there has been an incredible bond that had developed between all of you and me.”
The 69-year-old radio icon told his audience that his job gave him the “greatness satisfaction and happiness” of his life.
He said, “So, I have to tell you something today that I wish I didn’t have to tell you. It’s a struggle for me because I had to inform my staff earlier today. I can’t help but feel that I’m letting everybody down. The upshot is that I have been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer.”
The conservative political commentator told his audience that his condition would keep him off the air for certain days as he has to undergo treatment.
He revealed that he has been diagnosed with advanced lung cancer by two medical institutions after realizing that something was wrong on January 12 when he had complaints of breathlessness.
He said, “I thought about not telling anybody. It is what it is. You know me, I’m the mayor of Realville. This has happened and my intention is to come here every day I can, and do this program as normally and competently and expertly as I do each and every day because that is the source of my greatest satisfaction professionally, personally.”
“I told the staff today that I have a deeply personal relationship with God that I do not proselytize about, but I do, and I have been working that relationship tremendously,” he added. “I am, at the moment, experiencing zero symptoms.”
Limbaugh assured his audience that he will be undergoing further testing and planning to “push ahead and keep everything as normal” as he could.
After his shocking revelation, Limbaugh’s name started doing rounds on social media as innumerable users offered their thoughts and prayers. Limbaugh was an honorary member of the House of Representatives Republican freshman class of 1995.
