


He added in relation to the Friends Reunion, "I wanted to be a part of that, and initially I was going to be on the stage, at least, with them, and be able to take part in all the festivities," he said. Nearly immediately, my doctor called me and said, 'Hey, I need you to come in tomorrow because I suspect that you may have quite a serious problem with your prostate.'" So I knew immediately when I went online and I saw the results of my blood test and blood work that there was obviously something quite wrong there. That came back at an extraordinarily high number. Appearing on the TODAY show via video, Tyler said, "I was 56 years old at the time, and they screen for PSA, which is prostate-specific antigen.

Tyler appeared in almost 150 episodes of Friends, becoming well known among fans of the show as the " 7th Friend." After receiving the diagnosis about his condition in 2018, he began a private battle against the disease which was almost at its end by the time he let the world know in June this year.
