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Speaker 1: This is gem Nation with Jones and Rob James. Thank

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Speaker 1: you for taking the time to speak with us.

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Speaker 2: I guess Rob, the question that everybody's wondering is how

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Speaker 2: is John doing.

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Speaker 1: He's in recovery now, obviously pulled through the surgery and

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Speaker 1: that was pretty hectic, pretty hairy. But yeah, he's he's

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Speaker 1: on the men now and you know, he's feeling a

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Speaker 1: bit better. He's a bit chirpier, and he's making jokes

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Speaker 1: again and all that sort of stuff, which is which

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Speaker 1: is fantastic.

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Speaker 2: It's been a whirlwind for John's son's revealing for the

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Speaker 2: first time how John's cancer diagnosis came about. He was

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Speaker 2: having trouble sleeping he likes to sleep on his side,

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Speaker 2: and had a lump in his cheeks. So then mum

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Speaker 2: made him go noticed it too, and made him go

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Speaker 2: to the dentist and get it checked. And then the

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Speaker 2: dentist noticed it and obviously referred him to someone that

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Speaker 2: would knew more about it.

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Speaker 1: He just thought it was an ulcer. He thought it

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Speaker 1: was an ulcer, so you know, we'd speak to and

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Speaker 1: you'd be like, my bloody teeth keep you know, Biden,

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Speaker 1: miss ulcer. And it turned out to be cancerous. Ye Like,

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Speaker 1: it's just terrifying. Yeah, very terrifying time. Yeah, body terrifying.

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Speaker 1: As soon as they found out, Dad was straight on

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Speaker 1: the phone and told us exactly what was going on,

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Speaker 1: which was pretty brutal.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was just unexpected yea, Yeah, it wasn't something

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Speaker 2: anyone's prepared for.

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Speaker 1: I guess everyone's just so loving and caring. And we

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Speaker 1: had because it was a little bit of cloak and

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Speaker 1: dagger because obviously people were trying to find out where

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Speaker 1: he was, so we had secret passwords and stuff and

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Speaker 1: nothing ever got out, which was a credit to the

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Speaker 1: people that were involved. What was the passwords? What were

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Speaker 1: you doing there? I can't says these were code names

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Speaker 1: you had for people, our code names and stuff like that.

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Speaker 2: Well, what have you made of the well wish is

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Speaker 2: that so many fans and Australians have sent in the

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Speaker 2: direction of John and your family.

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Speaker 1: You know, we thank everyone that took the time to

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Speaker 1: write these amazing messages to us, and everyone just feels

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Speaker 1: like they're a part of it, if that makes any sense.

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Speaker 1: So it's a really nice feeling.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was kind of comforting to know that Australia

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Speaker 2: was behind him too, and I know he appreciated that.

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Speaker 2: I remember when we first told him, he kind of

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Speaker 2: got all teary because that's what he does. He's never

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Speaker 2: expects everyone to still love him, but they do. So

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Speaker 2: it was kind of nice for us to hear that

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Speaker 2: and for him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, so yeah, thanks pretty much. Everyone. Absolutely. Absolutely. When

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Speaker 1: we first went in and saw him and he couldn't

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Speaker 1: actually talk, but we're like, you know, Dad, like you're

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Speaker 1: gonna push through, You're gonna fight, You're gonna fight, and

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Speaker 1: he just kept going like that. He kept sticking his

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Speaker 1: fist in the air, going yeah yeah, And I'm like,

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Speaker 1: all right, cool, so you've you've you've got it in here.

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Speaker 1: And he's definitely still, you know, pushing like there's there's

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Speaker 1: nothing that he can't give up. So he won't give up. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: he won't give up. So's he's really given it a

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Speaker 1: good crack, that's for sure. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I mean, you guys would be aware that people are

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Speaker 2: asking questions like will John ever sing again?

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Speaker 1: But is it just too early to sort of go there.

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Speaker 2: There's a long road to recovery still. We've still only

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Speaker 2: just done the first stage, so it's a long way

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Speaker 2: to go. So it's not even really on our minds.

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Speaker 2: As far as i'm I think.

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Speaker 1: It's definitely not on his mind. He just wants to

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Speaker 1: get better. And as he said before, like a lot

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Speaker 1: of people have walked the path before, and you know,

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Speaker 1: he's on the path now, and anyone that's been on

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Speaker 1: that path understands what it involves and how taxing it

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Speaker 1: is on everyone and your body. But that's the that's

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Speaker 1: the hot question. I mean, of course people are going

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Speaker 1: to ask that because that's what he does. Well yeah,

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Speaker 1: I mean if people weren't asking that that, it'd be weird.

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Speaker 1: So it's good that people are asking that because you know,

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Speaker 1: and that makes him feel good too. But it's definitely

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Speaker 1: definitely not something that he's thinking about in the worm

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Speaker 1: for sure. He's just thinking about getting better and he

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Speaker 1: wants to get back home to his dog and you know,

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Speaker 1: and a mum and you know, being his own bed.

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Speaker 1: And the poor guy, you know, he's in a hospital

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Speaker 1: bed for so long, like he just can't wait to

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Speaker 1: get home. Yeah, it's just about trying to get him

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Speaker 1: he once was. You know, I mean, things are always

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Speaker 1: going to be different. That's just the nature of what

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Speaker 1: bloody cancer is. But and the general public like, yeah,

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Speaker 1: oh my god, it's just been amazing, so yeah,