Joseph Wayne Singleton, a 45-year-old musician from Opelousas, Louisiana, shared how a routine physical led to an early diagnosis that saved his life.When Singleton was 33, his wife urged him to schedule a more thorough physical.Although he underwent annual exams to maintain his commercial driver's license, she felt those checkups weren't comprehensive enough."My mentality was, ‘OK, to make my wife happy, I'm going to do this and prove to her that I'm in perfect shape,'" he told Fox News Digital.JOE BIDEN SHARES HEALTH UPDATE AFTER PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSIS WHILE ISSUING WARNING TO OTHERSAlthough Singleton was too young for prostate cancer screening, his doctor decided to run a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test."He couldn’t explain what made him do that, but he did," he said.Wayne Singleton, frontman of The Urban Kreyol Band, sings on stage.
(Wayne Singleton/Instagram @josephsingleton18)Singleton’s results came back revealing PSA levels that were "through the roof." After a biopsy, he was later diagnosed with prostate cancer."It was totally unexpected," he said."No symptoms."CANCER WARNING SIGNS MAY APPEAR IN DNA YEARS BEFORE BLOOD TESTS DETECT TROUBLESingleton, who was treated at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, said the doctors had never seen prostate cancer in someone so young.After undergoing a prostatectomy to remove the prostate, Singleton said his relatively young age contributed to what he described as a "miraculous" recovery.Wayne Singleton (right) is pictured with his wife, Ashley, and two sons.
(Wayne Singleton)Wayne Singleton is pictured with his family.(Wayne Singleton)"A couple of weeks after having the prostatectomy, I was back on airplanes flying across the country doing shows with my band," he said.
"It wasn't as bad as it possibly could have been.""By the grace of God, I'm here now," Singleton reflected."It was quite an eye-opener.
It made me question myself ...a lot of ‘why me?'"CANCER TREATMENT DELAYS SURGE AC...