Anybody else read about this yet? My prayers go out to Eric and his family!!!
Olympic Swimmer Shanteau Has Testicular Cancer
Jul 11, 10:29 AM (ET) Email this Story
ATLANTA (AP) -Olympic swimmer Eric Shanteau is heading to Beijing with a devastating diagnosis: He has testicular cancer.
In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Shanteau said he learned just a week before the Olympic trials in Omaha, Neb., that he had cancer. His doctors cleared him to compete in that meet and he surprisingly made the team in the 200-meter breaststroke, finishing second ahead of former world-record holder and heavy favorite Brendan Hansen.
Even though Shanteau's doctors have advised him to have surgery now, he's planning to put it off until after Beijing because he doesn't want to disrupt his lifelong goal. The 24-year-old Georgia native will be monitored closely over the next month and vows to drop out of the Olympics if there's any sign is cancer is spreading.
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I'm not a physician but having lost a sister to Leukemia (in her 30's) I've got to say the decision is between Eric and his family. The physicians are there to advise. She wishes she'd followed through and taken a trip to Hawaii and always regretted it.
When he weighs it out for himself and says he'd take the Olympic Experience over the treatment for right now, my hat is off to him.
This board could armchair quarterback this topic until the cows come home but we really have no business other than wishing him well.
Eric: If you ever read this- keep up the PMA- Positive Mental Attitude
Semper Fi
Tree
I'm not a physician but having lost a sister to Leukemia (in her 30's) I've got to say the decision is between Eric and his family. The physicians are there to advise. She wishes she'd followed through and taken a trip to Hawaii and always regretted it.
When he weighs it out for himself and says he'd take the Olympic Experience over the treatment for right now, my hat is off to him.
This board could armchair quarterback this topic until the cows come home but we really have no business other than wishing him well.
Eric: If you ever read this- keep up the PMA- Positive Mental Attitude
Semper Fi
Tree
