Jo Wilson, 37, of Sky Sports, has announced that she has been diagnosed with stage 3 cervical cancer, glamsquad reports.
Wilson, who lives in the Cotswolds with her partner Dan, 42, and daughter Mabel, two, said her gynaecologist detected cancerous cells during a smear test in June.
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More tests revealed that the presenter had stage 3b cervical cancer that had spread to two of her lymph nodes.
Wilson, who has hosted Sky Sports since 2015, is currently undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy following his cancer diagnosis this summer. She has also lost a stone as a result of the treatment’s grueling effect on her body.
In an interview, she stated:
“I sobbed as a lovely nurse held my hand. Then I sobbed to Dan, who was taken aback because he hadn’t expected it to be cancer. You’re hoping against hope that it’s not the case.
“I asked the doctor, “Am I going to die?” ‘You’re not going to die,’ he said. ‘It’s very treatable and curable,’ says the doctor.
Wilson had kept her smear tests up to date over the years. The host had been due for one while pregnant, but after a traumatic delivery with her daughter in September 2020, during which they both contracted sepsis, she postponed having one.
“I asked the doctor, ‘Am I going to die?'” Wilson admits. “‘You’re not going to die,’ he said. ‘It’s very treatable and curable,’ says the doctor.
“I don’t want anyone to have to go through what I’m going through right now,” she said, urging other women to get their smear tests.