The vacations actually did come early for faculty basketball legend Dick Vitale — he simply revealed the outcomes of Thursday’s medical exams … and he is “clear of most cancers!”
Vitale offered the superior replace on social media … saying he is contemplating the information from his medical doctors an extra-special Christmas present.
SANTA CLAUS got here early as Dr Rick Brown known as & mentioned that my PET SCAN at 7 AM got here again CLEAN OF CANCER ! OMG thanks a lot to ALL of YOU to your 🙏🙏🙏Sure I’m chopping the nets down child it’s my Nationwide Championship! @TheMontagGroup @jksports @TheVCEO @ESPNPR @ @WSB_Speakers pic.twitter.com/XGa1bJ8pzu
— Dick Vitale (@DickieV) December 12, 2024
@DickieV
Dickie V documented his total throat most cancers journey main as much as his PET scan … saying he had Dec. 12 circled on his calendar, as that is when he’d discover out if the 30 rounds of radiation since July 2023 labored.
And fortunately, they have been a slam dunk!!
Vitale’s remark part was flooded with help … with even the Duke’s males’s basketball group writing, “Superior Dickie V!!!! You’re a warrior and a real inspiration! Love this.”
The information comes after the 85-year-old introduced to the world again in 2023 he was coping with laryngeal most cancers — his third bout general — when exams revealed a mass on his neck. Vitale underwent surgical procedure just a few days later to have it eliminated.
Dickie V additionally had melanoma and lymphoma earlier than the latest expertise.
In his personal phrases, “That is superior, child, with a capital A!!!!”