#2243 - Julian Lennon

Joe Rogan (0:03)

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Julian Lennon (0:15)

I go to see this dermatologist.

Joe Rogan (0:18)

Oh, you have a little skin.

Julian Lennon (0:20)

Yeah, a little excision here because it had been bothering me a bit. And a couple of years ago, I had a bit of a cancer scare on my head because I have a birthmark here that you don't really see. And there was a mole there. And I kept, as my hair got a little thinner, I would use a comb and it caught it one time and it opened it up. And so I kind of kept picking at it when it became a scab. And I kept picking over the course of like six months. And then I went to see this dermatologist for the first time in LA. And I said, Yeah, I've cut a little bit of a, you know, I've been trying not to scratch it now. But I'm a bit worried about it. It's been like six months of me being an idiot because it just was really irritable. And so she, you know, cut it out and sent it off. And I was at a pretty serious meeting with a whole bunch of people and she called me up at the end of it and said, Listen, I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's cancerous. You know, we got to cut it out. We've got to get it. And yeah, I just went completely numb at that point and freaked out because I just thought, what does this mean in the bigger picture?

And I, you know, had a lot of friends that have passed from cancer of various kinds over the years. And so it really did freak me out. Anyway, I got the all clear. It was cleaned out. And so just anything that just looks or feels a little odd, that was something I was, I'd been scratching here a bit. And something here as well. So she just did a little cutting and no doubt I'll hear from her in a few days once she gets the results.

Joe Rogan (2:16)

That's scary because it was in a spot that you don't check. You know, it's covered in hair. You don't know what's going on back there.

Julian Lennon (2:21)

Yeah, but it was because of the birthmark and I just kept on the thinner hair. And so I just kept brushing it with a comb and it caught it. And then it scabbed and then it became itchy. And so I kept scratching it, you know, pulling it off like a kid, you know, as you do, as you just, anyway, I'm happy to be here. One piece for the moment, you know.

Joe Rogan (2:52)

I got one of those comprehensive blood panel screens for cancer recently and then, you know, you wait a while for the results and you're like, jeez, like, what if I'm one of those people?

Julian Lennon (3:04)

Yeah, I have, I have, you know, I go for a proper checkup like twice a year, you know, just on every front, it's just to make sure I'm going to be around because I like living. I want to be around for a long time.

Joe Rogan (3:21)

That's good.

Julian Lennon (3:22)

For sure.

Joe Rogan (3:24)

Yeah. It's a weird thing because, you know, how old are you now?

Julian Lennon (3:29)

61

Joe Rogan (3:30)

Yeah, I'm 57 and we're getting up there, fella.

Julian Lennon (3:34)

I don't like to think about it. I don't think about it too much. I'm completely in denial. Absolutely.

I refuse, you know, because I just remember seeing my uncles, you know, on my mother's side, what they were like in their 50s alone, you know, and they'd be sitting there with a big belly in front of the TV with a couple of packets of cigarettes and drinking tea or beer and watching the TV all day. And that was their life in their 50s and 60s until they had a heart attack and died. And I went, no, I'm not doing that one. And I've just always been, not that I'm a health freak in any way, shape or form, but I certainly, you know, my regime is try to eat as healthy as you can and do a bit of power walking a couple of times a week.

Joe Rogan (4:24)

That's good.

Julian Lennon (4:25)

And that does the trick for me.

Joe Rogan (4:26)

Nothing wrong with that. Walking is one of the best forms of exercise.

Julian Lennon (4:30)

Yeah.

Joe Rogan (4:30)

If you can get it in every day, you'll be much healthier than if you don't.