Gerry Turner Has Cancer: Find Out More About The Disease

The news that Golden Bachelor alum Gerry Turner has a form of incurable cancer arrived this week. Diagnosed in March, it took him nine months to talk about it. Read on to find out more about his form of the slowly developing disease.

Gerry Turner Announced His Cancer This Week 

The Golden Bachelor, (72), is particularly active, and on his social media, he seems just about as lively as ever. Obviously, any cancer news is worrying. But, when ABC fans found out about it, it turned out to be so slow-growing that at his age, (72) the ABC alum might die before the cancer kills him.

Gerry Turner posts about travel with friends, the occasional gig that he does, and about his family. Nobody seems to have suspected that he is in poor health. As he found out about it in March, Golden Bachelor fans might wonder why he hasn’t done more to promote cancer awareness. 

Gerry Turner Has Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia 

The ABC star suffers from a rare form of cancer. Apparently, he injured himself playing pickleball and follow-up medical visits discovered some sort of abnormality. Further investigation revealed that he has “Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia.”  What is that? Read on to find out more. 

According to Dana Farber Org, the form of cancer that Gerry Turner has is:

An uncommon blood cell cancer that originates from malignant B-cells. It is a slow-growing type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Waldenström’s mostly forms in the bone marrow and can slow normal blood cell growth, which can lead to anemia and a weakened immune system. 

Incurable, But Manageable Cancer

The website also explained that many people like Gerry who have the disease “are able to lead active lives and may experience years of symptom-free remission after treatment.”

The cancer that the Golden Bachelor alum has is most often diagnosed in elderly folks over the age of 60. Gerry Turner was in his 70s. Symptoms are seldom noticed in the early stages, but can later include:

• tiredness,
• weakness,
• dizziness,
• shortness of breath,
• headaches
• enlarged lymph nodes, or spleen, and
• numbness, tingling…in the legs and feet or arms and hands.

What About Treatment?

As for treatment, none of it will cure the illness. However, managing it can include chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and immunotherapy. In some cases, there might be an option to go for bone marrow transplantation. What fans do know is that Gerry Turner is “working with a hematology-oncology group in Fort Wayne.”

What are your thoughts on Gerry Turner announcing his incurable cancer? Do you hope that he uses this worrying but rare opportunity to start raising awareness about Waldenström’s macroglobulinemia? Do you know anyone who has the disease? Shout out in the comments below, and come back here often for all your Golden Bachelor News and Updates.