‘My body has forced me to be healthy’: Musician Stan Walker reveals the gruelling restrictions he follows after he was forced to get his stomach removed due to a cancer diagnosis
Musician Stan Walker was forced to get his stomach removed after he was diagnosed with cancer back in 2017.
And now, the Australian Idol winner has spoken about how the life-saving surgery has impacted his life.
Speaking on BUILD Series Sydney, Stan revealed he is now on a strict diet along with B12 vitamin shots every six weeks.
‘My body has forced me to be healthy’: Musician Stan Walker has revealed the gruelling diet restrictions he follows after he was forced to get his stomach removed due to a cancer diagnosis back in 2017
‘My body has forced me to be healthy,’ he said, adding due to complications during his surgery he had more restrictions than usual.
He explained he is gluten intolerant, lactose intolerant and can’t eat greasy food.
‘Honest to god, it’s painful. I love eating. I love eating fast and I love eating heaps. I can’t eat fast, I have to take my time or I’ll get sick or I’ll spew up on stage.’
‘Honest to god, it’s painful. I love eating. I love eating fast and I love eating heaps. I can’t eat fast, I have to take my time or I’ll get sick or I’ll spew up on stage,’ he said, here after surgery
Stan did add however that he has ‘more energy’ after the surgery and added that his body now moves faster.
He was then told he would need to take B12 shots, and this if he didn’t he would likely die.
The Choose You singer went on to reveal he delayed his stomach removal surgery in September 2017 by a month to finish work commitments and ensure he’d be able to foot all the medical bills.
Shocking: CDH1, a rare cancer causing gene, runs in his family and has claimed the lives of 25 of his relatives
He was diagnosed with the rare-cancer causing gene CDH1.
CDH1 runs in Stan’s family and has already claimed the lives of 25 of his relatives.
He told Daily Mail Australia in May last year that he’s focused on the future.
‘Now I’m going to live my best life and I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that I’m living my dreams and not just sitting there and kind of just waiting for somebody else to tell me I can do this now,’ he said at the time.
In love: He is currently dating Alex King, who he says is the ‘great love of his life’
Star: Stan rose to fame when he won Australian Idol in 2009