We all know Cal Ripken Jr. as tough, the Iron Man, indestructible.
But he never had to go through something like this.
Ripken went public on Thursday with the news that he beat cancer.
AUTOGRAPH AND TONIGHT HE ISCHASING US TO THE DOCTOR.
THISNEWS WAS LIKE A BRUSH BACKPITCH FROM PALMER.
BUT CALDOES WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES, GETSUP, DUSTS HIMSELF OFF AND GETSBACK TO LIFE.
TONIGHT THECANCER SCARE FOR CAL, SHARINGHIS STORY WITH OUR SHAWSTEPNER.We all know Cal Ripken Jr. astough.
The Ironman.Indestructible.
But he neverhad to go through somethinglike this.
Cal going publictoday with the news that hebeat Cancer.
Cal Ripken, Jr.,Baseball Hall of Famer: Itscared me.
It scared me a lotand it stops you in yourtracks.
Cal Ripken Jr. hasfully recovered from prostatecancer.
The Orioles legenddiagnosed in February.
He hadsurgery for it in March.Ripken: The good news is Icaught it early.
It was allcontained in the prostate.When they took the prostateout Iof his cancer after a routinephysical, follow up andbiopsy.
Stepner: What goesthrough your mind when you getthose words?
Ripken: Let methink if I can rememberexactly.
I’You haveprostate cancer.
YouGleason 7.
Which doesnmuch sense to me.
But I doremember that for some reasonAfter that it was all foggy.Ripken: You start thinkingabout almost a philosophicalsort of view of your life, andIWhen you get this kind of newsit jolts you and you thinkabout whatof what was important to himover the past few months wasto keep it private.
Until now.Ripken: I can potentially helpa few other people with thismessage and sharing the storyand I help myself along theway because it does give me afreeing sense to continue tolive your life.
That messageCal wants to relay is forpeople to get their regularphysicals.
Go to your doctoron a regular basis, not justwhen you have symptoms.Because, like in his case ifyou have something you want tocatch it early.
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Orioles Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. revealed Thursday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in February and is now..