Reality television host Dr. Drew Pinsky has revealed that he underwent treatment for cancer. People magazine reports that Pinsky says he underwent surgery last July for prostate cancer, telling only a small number of friends and colleagues at the time.

He returned to work after 10 days and has made a complete recovery, as he tells it.

"The erectile function is normal, sex drive is normal, bladder works normally. And I don’t have to worry about prostate cancer," he told the publication.

Pinsky said the cancer was discovered after he returned from a Caribbean vacation, when he worried he had caught a tropical disease. While the illness passed, he was found to have elevated PSA, and was treated for prostatitis. After getting treatment for that and not getting better, he had a biopsy, which uncovered the cancer.

"We’re all bad as males. I convinced myself I could do my own primary care," he said. "These are very complicated issues. The message I want to give out is that this is still an art. So much of the good outcome for me was the result of people following their intuition, including my wife."

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