What is the story regarding Lou Gramm being diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1997?
The 1998 American tour marked the return to public life of lead singer Lou Gramm, who spent 1997 recuperating in upstate New York after the removal of a benign brain tumor. Lou was diagnosed in April 1997, with the tumor, just one day before the band was set to leave for a tour of Japan. The tumor was removed by surgery, which was followed by a year of rehabilitation at his home and a concentrated period of radiation treatment at Boston’s Brigham & Woman’s Hospital, under the care of Dr. Peter Black earlier in 1998.. “My tumor was non-cancerous,” says Lou, “but it was certainly life threatening. It was growing adjacent to my optic nerve in the base of my brain and it was blocking the signals my brain was sending out to my body. I was losing my memory, getting headaches and seeing with double vision. Fortunately, everything turned out OK, and I’m back to work with the band. I’m very grateful to the Lord, my wife and family, and all my friends, who got me through this difficult time.”. (
