Deion Sanders has revealed the intense pain he experienced during his cancer treatments.
Appearing on Good Morning America, Sanders shared that he was screaming in pain after his bladder surgery.
“It was tough,” said Sanders. “That was the most excruciating pain I’ve ever felt in my life.”
Sanders eecalled being “on the ground in the bathroom” after the surgery, “and I’m just screaming because it was so much pain.”
He admitted he was “irritated” by the constant testing that led to his diagnosis of bladder cancer.
“You’re irritated because men, we don’t want to go to the doctor,” Sanders said.
The University of Colorado coach said he went in for a “normal scan,” then his doctor said they needed to do “another check on” him.
“And for what? I’m straight, I feel good,” Sanders recalled. “They told me they found something and they needed to bring me back to do a surgery to make sure this was what it was.”
After Sander “prayed on it,” he decided to go forth with the surgery.
“I’m aggressive. I ain’t waiting and I ain’t sitting back on the curb waiting,” Sanders said. “Let’s go right now, let’s go get this thing.”
After Sanders “prayed on it,” he decided to go forth with the surgery.
“I’m aggressive. I ain’t waiting and I ain’t sitting back on the curb waiting,” Sanders said. “Let’s go right now, let’s go get this thing.”
Cancer could have taken me out, but I’m here,” Sanders shared.
“I choose to rise up and not to stay down, and I choose to share,” he said. “I want everybody to understand you can make it. We’ve all got something to fight. Who out there isn’t fighting something? It may not be cancer, but it’s something. But you will overcome. We can do this.”