'My dad died in his early 70s from cancer, and my mom died from cancer in her 40s. Split the difference to 65 and I’ve got 10 years. I’m trying to get to the 100-song mark.'
, saying he underwent surgery two months before the Rage tour began. “[M]y doctors said I wasn’t going to be ready. That was brutal. I would be on stage looking at my amp in tears. Then you just kind of turn around and suck it up.”
Commerford didn’t say exactly when he was diagnosed, though the cancer was discovered after he watched his prostate-specific antigen test numbers rise steadily over the course of a year-and-a-half until reaching a point where he couldn’t get life insurance. “Eventually, they did a biopsy and found out I had cancer, so they took my prostate out,” he said. “I had been thinking, well, because they’re watching it and let it get to this point, maybe it’s not that big of a deal. I blame myself. I should have said, ‘My numbers are elevated, and what does that really mean?’ I should have taken it more seriously.
While Commerford said he just got a six-month test that “came back zero,” he admitted he has to keep holding his breath for another six months for another follow-up test. “I’m just trying to grab ahold of the reins,” he said. “It’s gonna be a long journey, I hope. My dad died in his early 70s from cancer, and my mom died from cancer in her 40s. Split the difference to 65 and I’ve got 10 years. I’m trying to get to the 100-song mark — I have some goals now. Songwriting has become a catharsis for me. Back to the original question, how do I find the time? That’s all I’ve got, is time.
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