NBA icon Dwyane Wade reveals cancer diagnosis, surgery

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Chicago autochthonal and erstwhile Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls defender Dwyane Wade revealed Thursday that helium was diagnosed with crab a small implicit a twelvemonth agone and mislaid portion of his kidney arsenic a result.

On his "The WY Network" podcast, Wade, 43, said post-retirement from the NBA, helium was nary longer getting regular physicals arsenic helium had successful his playing days.

But Wade's begetter had battled prostate cancer, truthful Wade said connected the podcast that helium decided spell for a checkup and asked the doc to analyse everything helium was feeling and experiencing — successful peculiar dilatory and anemic urination.

"Because I did the full-body scan, they were capable to spot my full body, my full inside, and they were capable to spot thing that was connected my kidney — connected my close kidney," Wade said connected the podcast.

Wade besides recovered retired helium needed to person kidney surgery. He went successful for the country connected Dec. 18, 2023, and recovered retired that the tumor was so cancerous.

He was near with 40% of his close kidney aft the country — and helium said connected the podcast that it was a situation for him successful galore ways.

"My ain travel to person that surgery, I deliberation it was the archetypal clip my household — my dad, my kids — they saw maine weak," Wade said. "That infinitesimal was astir apt the weakest 1 I've ever felt successful my life."

But helium said helium has been making a constituent of surviving otherwise and to the fullest ever since. Wade besides emphasized the request for men successful peculiar to cheque successful and instrumentality clip retired for themselves with respect to health.

Wade is simply a autochthonal of Chicago's South Side. His puerility location was astatine 59th Street and Prairie Avenue successful the Washington Park neighborhood. He and his household aboriginal lived successful southbound suburban Robbins.

Wade enactment Harold L. Richards High School successful Oak Lawn connected the hoops map, winning a brace of league titles, and went connected to Marquette University successful Milwaukee — wherever helium took the Marquette Golden Eagles to the NCAA Final Four successful 2003.

He was drafted by the Miami Heat that aforesaid twelvemonth arsenic the 5th wide pick, and played with the Heat for 13 consecutive seasons — winning NBA titles with the team.

Wade was signed to the Bulls for a two-year woody successful 2016, but lone played successful his hometown for one. He negotiated a contract buyout the pursuing twelvemonth and moved to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Wade returned to the Heat successful 2018 and finished his playing vocation successful Miami.

In 2023, Wade joined the ownership radical for the Chicago Sky.

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