Professor Green has informed fans of his latest health issue after he was diagnosed with a rare condition that has left his body covered in tumours
Professor Green has opened up about his health issues(Image: Getty Images)
Professor Green has shared a worrying health update, revealing he has four tumours, one behind his eye and three on his spine. In a detailed post, he opened up to fans as he battles the “painful” and rare condition.
Pro Green, real name is Stephen Manderson, spoke about his health issues in a message and said he has been diagnosed with Schwannomatosis, which where multiple benign growths can cause excruciating pain.
The music star revealed that he’s had ‘superficial but painful’ tumours removed from his head and neck, but medics have discovered similar growths elsewhere on his body. He told fans: “Genes are funny old things. The combo of my parents handed me ADHD, autism, pyloric stenosis, factor VII deficiency and the latest addition: schwannomatosis. My nerve sheath tumours are thankfully benign, but chronic and not without complications – some more than others depending on their location.”
The rapper is dealing with multiple painful tumours(Image: Professor Green/Instagram)
“After four relatively superficial but painful growths were removed from my head and neck, I’ve now found out I have one behind my left eye and three along my spine: two smaller lesions at t5 and t6, and one the size of a blemmin’ lime around my s2 nerve. After a good few weeks of worrying about whether or not they were benign or malignant, I feel as though, as painful as this is (I thought it was ‘just’ worsening sciatica), the trauma I went through in my head living out worst-case scenarios was worse.”
“I’ve come to a place of acceptance – this is how I’ll experience life, there’s no way around it, and that’s okay. What isn’t okay is descending into cyclical thought, nor is catastrophising or dreaming of some other reality – both are avoidance and neither is conducive to being present,” reports the Mirror.
Stephen has been diagnosed with a rare condition(Image: Andy Morton)
Green said he is “doing my utmost to acknowledge, accept and exist wholly and fully without becoming avoidant and being somewhat willingly distracted by it all.” The rapper also said he “likely suffers hyper-interoception,” which is “an overactive ability to feel internal sensations,” something he only just discovered after his autism diagnosis.
He said: “It’s helped me make sense of a lot… and allowed me to pull my focus away from it when i realise i’m becoming obsessive, but first I have to realise it’s an intense experience, but it’s mine, and it’s the only one I’ll ever know.”
“Working towards ‘not everything is okay, but I am’ and doing better some days than I am others, but working with whatever I have on any given day.”
He signed off by saying: “To anyone suffering with anything chronic – I see, hear and feel you! Back to programming as usual.”
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