Deion Sanders opens up about his fight with bladder cancer
Coach Prime addressed his recent health issues for the first time, with Dr. Janet Kukreja and assistant athletic trainer Lauren Askevold.
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Before we dive into why Deion Sanders would continue coaching, let’s fully comprehend the life battle ahead.
Sanders said Monday he had his cancerous bladder removed and reconstructed from a piece of his small intestine, and simple internet search shows no pleasant post-operative options to eliminate urine. His life will never be the same.
The best way to explain the unimaginable: there will be a porta-potty at Colorado practices this fall, and on the sidelines during games.
Let’s pause here and soak in that unthinkable.
“It was never in my spirit to not be coaching again,” Sanders said during an emotional press conference to begin his third season as Buffaloes coach.
That’s the takeaway of this somber yet inspiring story. Sanders isn’t stepping down, he’s stepping up.
No matter what you think of the bombastic bravado of all things Coach Prime, Sanders just publicly gave two middle fingers to the big C — and isn’t ashamed in the least about the potentially embarrassing fight ahead.
A porta-potty on the sidelines, ladies and gentlemen.
“I got eight toes, man,” Sanders defiantly said.
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Translation: he’s here for a purpose, and believes it has nothing to do with football.
So when he nearly lost his foot because of circulation problems but also lost two toes in the process, that was the initial whisper. When he nearly lost his life because of cancer – when the enormity of making a will before surgery in May became crushing reality – that was the final, primal scream from…
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