Fox 29 anchor Mike Jerrick is recovering from prostate most cancers surgical procedure

Good Day Philadelphia devotees can loosen up: Mike Jerrick isn’t going anyplace.

The veteran newscaster advised audiences throughout a morning present section Monday that he was off-air for the previous three weeks recovering from surgical procedure associated to prostate most cancers. He was accompanied by Mike Cirigliano — a Fox 29 contributor and inside drugs generalist with Penn Medication — who made Jerrick’s preliminary analysis.

“I wasn’t suspended, I wasn’t fired, I didn’t get into bother, I wasn’t on an extended trip. I used to be getting this taken care of,” Jerrick, 74, advised cohost Alex Holley in the course of the section.

Fox 29 didn’t have a timeline for when Jerrick can be again on the air.

Jerrick mentioned he was recognized with prostate most cancers in Could after an ordinary blood take a look at confirmed that his prostate antigen ranges had “jumped into the teenagers,” typically a most cancers indicator.

From there, an MRI revealed that a few of the most cancers had moved past his prostate, prompting Jerrick to endure surgical procedure on the advice of his urologist earlier this summer season.

“I may’ve simply accomplished nothing. … I may’ve hit it with radiation for a few years, however I agreed with [my urologist]: Let’s get this sucker out of me,” mentioned Jerrick, who can be recovering off-air for a minimum of a couple of extra weeks.

Cirigliano mentioned there was a “good risk” the most cancers would’ve continued to unfold past Jerrick’s prostate had he waited for much longer.

Jerrick mentioned he “feels fairly good.” In the course of the section, he thanked each his groups at Penn Medication and Fox 29 for his or her assist in addition to his cohost Holley, who was among the many first to go to him after surgical procedure.

One other shock assist system: Preston and Steve Present cohost Steve Morrison. Jerrick mentioned Morrison, whose present is on WMMR radio, offered emotional steering throughout this course of, knowledgeable by Morrison’s personal bout with prostate most cancers in 2015.

“I’ll be again quickly,” Jerrick mentioned on the finish of the interview. Holley replied: “I do know you’ll.”