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Ever since retiring from the NBA back in 2019, Dwayne Wade has kept a relatively low profile, as he’s been enjoying his post-professional life with his lovely wife Gabrielle Union and his children.
Now, he’s revealing that life took a tumultuous turn in 2023 when he had to have a cancerous tumor removed after doctors found a growth on his right kidney. In a recent episode of his show, The Why With Dwyane Wade, the future NBA Hall of Famer revealed that he felt strange symptoms during that year that included constant cramps and weak urination, which spurred him to seek medical attention, as his father Dwyane Wade Sr. had his own bout with prostate cancer.
After D-Wade’s doctor ordered a full-body scan to see what could be causing the health issues Wade was experiencing, they discovered the tumor. Having sought multiple medical opinions on the matter, Wade learned doctors couldn’t take a biopsy to see if it was cancerous and ultimately decided to go under the knife and have the tumor and 40% of his kidney removed before things could get any worse.
“I had a personal decision to make. And what it was was, if this is cancerous, if this tumor, this cyst, is cancerous on your kidney, you’re 41 years old. You probably need surgery, so it’s something that needs to be removed so it doesn’t spread. I made the decision to have surgery. I had surgery on December 18, 2023.”
The decision proved to be the right one. After the tumor was removed it was examined, and he later learned it was indeed cancerous and deadly.
Telling his co-host Bob Metelus that it was “the weakest point I’ve ever felt in my life,” Wade went on to credit his family for holding him down and being right by his side as he battled his health scare.
“Fortunately for me, my family got in, they jumped in. And what I saw, in the midst of that, and me going through my illness. I saw everybody show up for me and be there for me. In that process, in my weakness, I found strength in my family, in my friends, in my group.”
Thank goodness for modern medicine.
Check out the interview in full below, and let us know your thoughts on the situation in the comments section.
Dwyane Wade Reveals He Had Cancerous Tumor Removed In 2023
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