The Players' Tribune: To My Golden Knights Family by Shea Theodore

[Nick Hansen]

"“Well, we can schedule the surgery for next Tuesday.”

The doctor said it just like that.

And I was like, “Wait … what? So … do I have it?”

“The scan shows a five millimeter by five millimeter lump in your testicle. It’ll be a routine procedure. Once we take it out and do a biopsy, we’ll know more about the type of cancer. But you’re young, and we caught it early.”

So, yeah. Three months ago, I was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Crazy, right?"

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[JT Kreider]

Wow. Without the phantom 5 minute major they might not have caught it, and then who knows what could have happened...

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

Wow. Without the phantom 5 minute major they might not have caught it, and then who knows what could have happened...

It's as if, something was telling us...

 

[Viqsi]

Three months ago? That's pretty close to when my father was diagnosed. His is a bit more serious, though treatment is ongoing.

 

[Vegan Knight]

Glad he is okay, good thing he was at the tournament.

 

[tony d]

Good to hear Theodore is doing good. Cancer is such a rotten illness. My very best to your dad at this time @Viqsi.

 

[Former Referee 68]

FUCANCER

 

[TGWL]

Suffered from this roughly 5 years ago. Cancer absolutely take a toll out of you, but from what everybody told me and from what I continue to here, "If you're going to choose a cancer, this is one of your best bets to fully recover". That didn't make treatment any easier, and puck cancer completely, but I guess it made the process a little easier to cope with. Stage 1 is very good to hear for Theodore and catching it early makes a big difference in your treatment (surgery vs complete set of chemo cycles). Props to the dr that caught it.

 

[featherhawk]

wow, thankfully he chose to say yes to Team Canada

 

[Rec T]

To both attempt to avoid the filter & to make it hockey related ... PUCK CANCER

That silliness out of the way, wow. Glad that they caught it so early & that recovery will be (relatively, compared to other types) easy.