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“I’m doing the news again” – Peter Overton makes TV comeback

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Peter Overton has returned to do the evening news bulletin, after spending weeks recovering from a health scare.

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Speaking to 9News, he opened up about the removal of a polyp from his vocal cord.

Polyps are growths that can be found in organs such as the ears, throat, uterus, stomach, intestines, and skin.

He said he initially took six weeks annual leave and went to his doctor when his voice was raspy, before going to an ENT surgeon.

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Jessica and Pete at the cricket recently. (Credit: Instagram)
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Describing it as a “big blister, a lump just hanging off the cord”, Peter said the diagnosis really shook him up.

“And I must admit, it scared the living daylights out of me,” he confessed.

“So I was operated on three days later under general, and they lasered it off. Then I was in hospital for a day and then home, and no talking for over a week.”

When asked how he communicated with his family, he joked that he banged his hand on the table, or drafted an email on his phone and showed it to people.

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Working with a speech pathologist helped him get to this point he explained, returning to work three weeks after the operation.

His news-reading voice was “ready to go” but still on the mend he said, and he needed to build up endurance. Along the way, he said he learned a lot.

His wife Jessica Rowe provided the update via Instagram about his absence from the newsroom last month.

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Now, she is excited about his return.

“Today is Monday! Monday is back to school for the whole house & back to work for Petee! So it’s spag bol time! What are you cooking??” she captioned a cooking post on Monday night.

Overton has been at Channel Nine since 1991 in various roles.

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