Dwyane Wade removed 40 percent of the kidneys due to the tumor tumor

Beloved was the NBA star, the entrepreneur and host of the Dwyane Wade podcast revealed on Thursday, January 30 that the tumor removed from the kidney, which was ultimately Rakowy. He revealed this in the latest episode of his podcast ,.

The retired NBA guard, who had just turned 43 in January, had to remove 40% of the right kidney 13 months ago. For the first time he publicly shared this experience, leaving his fans stunned when he described intimately what led him to surgery. In the episode, shared only PEOPLEWade said that the diagnosis occurred after years, when he avoided very much physical. He also opened the experience of his father with prostate cancer and the way it motivated him to see a physician when he realized that he had stomach problems, cramps and slow urination.

“In the process of checking, for example:” Why was my pee slowly, why is my stream not powerful? Why is it a bit weak? ” – he remembered that he was wondering.

An entire scan of the body showed that there was a “cyst/tumor” on one of its kidneys. “And the doctor said:” You will need to have kidney surgery, “he said.

After receiving several other opinions from trusted experts, Wade agreed with the diagnosis and decided to undergo the surgery on December 18, 2023. After removing almost half of his left kidney, the content was tested and it was established that the tumor was cancerous. The NBA master was comprehensible that he was an experience and said that he resisted his family for support.

“My own journey to have this operation, I think that for the first time my family, my dad, my children, saw me poorly”, he divided sensitively. “This moment was probably the weakest point I’ve ever felt in my life.”

He continued: “When I was alone, I fought, a dog.”

“As a man, you never want your family to be weak,” he added. “I don’t want to be perceived weak, I don’t want to be seen in my weakest moments, but I had to.”

He looks back at his decision to perform the operation and is grateful that he did it. “I had a personal decision and what it was:” If it’s cancerous, if this tumor, this cyst is cancerous, on the kidney, you might be 41 years old, you almost certainly need surgery, since it needs to be removed in order that it doesn’t spread, “Wade shared.

No further details about the current health status of the athlete’s health have been made available. But we’re glad that Wade is in a significantly better place and uses his platform to encourage others to perform control and listen to their bodies.

“Cancer 1 stage … These words hit hard,” he wrote on Instagram. “December 2023 meant a loss of 40% of my kidney. It’s a terrifying thing. My dad’s health journey taught me a proactive importance. Fjienica, this episode @Wynetwork is personal. This is my story, reminding the forehead of your fears, determining health priorities and checking. We never know what others are fighting. “