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Gerry Turner shared an update on his health since revealing last December that he was diagnosed with an incurable form of cancer. The 73-year-old "Golden Bachelor" star spoke on the April 15 episode of the about how he has been faring since sharing he has a known as Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia. “Until I have any symptoms, there’s no treatment.
So I go frequently for blood tests," Turner said. "I’m on a six-month schedule now." "I feel optimistic because the doctor has said, ‘Well, when you turn 75, we’re going to have to go three-month increments,'" he continued.
"So it’s telling me that at least he expects me to live another couple of years to get to that. But the bottom line is I feel really good.” Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia transforms white blood cells into cancer cells that build up in bone marrow, and it may not cause symptoms for years because it grows slowly, according to the .
Symptoms include fatigue, weight loss, fever, swollen lymph nodes, changes in vision and confusion, according to the . "There's good parts in there. First of all, 20% of the people who have Waldenstrom's never have treatment," Turner said.
"They outlive it. Something else gets them." "Second of all, and I mean this sincerely, from the time I got this diagnosis, it’s a privilege to live like you’re dying,” he continued.
“I don’t turn down anything. I feel like I’m more open to emotions. I’m more open to experiences.
” Turner also shared how his two adult daughters, whom he had with his late first wife, have handled his diagnosis. "They’re pretty good," he said. "It’s not like it’s talked about a lot.
I think they understand the baseline of as long as Dad says he’s feeling fine and not having any of those symptoms, we’re just going to go on like everything’s normal." Turner said in an interview with in December 2024 that his diagnosis played a part in his breakup with Theresa Nist, in January 2024 after they met on "The Golden Bachelor." Nist told that Turner's cancer diagnosis "wasn't a factor" in ending their marriage, “at least not for me.
” Turner, who lives in Indiana, shared on the "Bachelor Happy Hour" podcast that he is now in a new relationship. "The person I'm dating will say 'Do you want to go do' — and before she even gets out the rest of the sentence, I will say 'yes,'" he said. "So I'm in on everything, and it makes life exciting because you kind of in the back of your head feel like you've got a lot of living to do, and you don't know how long you have to do it, so don't turn down anything.
So in a way, it's really a good thing." Scott Stump is a trending reporter and the writer of the daily newsletter This is TODAY (which you should ) that brings the day's news, health tips, parenting stories, recipes and uplifting stories right to your inbox. He has been a regular contributor for TODAY.
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