He survived testicular cancer. Then it came back.
Related: DJ Wayne G talks about skin cancer diagnosis and a plea to other gay menThe doctor explained they could do surgery and chemotherapy, with the latter improving the chances of the cancer not returning.“But he said ‘the chances [of it returning] are so low, you probably don’t need chemo.’ So I chose not to.”Lane had his testicle removed and replaced with a silicone prosthetic.
He says he noticed no difference in terms of sexual function or anything like that. However, the diagnosis and surgery still shook him.“It was a really scary time,” he says. “I was not thrilled with my career at the time, so it felt a little like a lot was piling on me.
And suddenly I had to put life on hold to deal with this.”Lane originally grew up in New Orleans. He moved to Alexandria, Louisiana, to pursue a career as a news journalist, and spent a couple of years in Las Vegas as a reporter, before relocating to Los Angeles.He worked as a news writer and then as an assistant to Carrie Fisher for a couple of years (“I miss her so much.
My time working with her was truly life changing”). That experience inspired his first novel, A Star Is Bored. It was met with fantastic reviews when published in 2020.
