According to his wife Karina, presenter Thomas Gottschalk, who was suffering from cancer, did not want to go to the doctor at first. At the beginning of July this year she suspected that something was wrong with her husband told the “Bild” newspaper: “Thomas became noticeably quieter and paler and had to go to the toilet more often. I didn’t know him like that.”
He also couldn’t move as much anymore Karina Gottschalk continued to tell the newspaper. She then got him an appointment at the Rechts der Isar Clinic in Munich. “Because, typical man, of course he didn’t want to go to the doctor,” she said. Various examinations were carried out and the doctor then said: her husband needs to be operated on immediately. The operation lasted seven hours, and a second operation followed four days later.
After discussions about his recent stage appearances, 75-year-old Thomas Gottschalk made his cancer public in an interview with the “Bild” newspaper. It is therefore one very rare malignant, rapidly growing tumorwhich develops from the cells that line blood vessels.
“Thank God Thomas’ cancer was detected so early,” said Karina Gottschalk. Otherwise her husband might not be alive today. “In any case, he wouldn’t have gotten off so lightly.” In two months her husband will have to undergo an MRI scan. “Of course we continue to tremble,” she said. “But we hope and stay positive.” (dpa)