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How James Van Der Beek Is Teaching Kids to Give Back
James Van Der Beek is sharing penetration into his backstage wellness battle.
The Dawson's Creek alum has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer, helium said successful a connection to People November 3, portion noting he's been "taking steps to resoluteness it, with the enactment of my unthinkable family."
“There’s crushed for optimism," the 47-year-old added of his travel with colorectal cancer, which originates successful the colon oregon rectum, "and I’m feeling good."
Indeed, James has been leaning connected his loved ones during this time, including wife Kimberly Van Der Beek and their six kids: Olivia, 14, Joshua, 12, Annabel, 10, Emilia, 8, Gwendolyn, 6, and Jeremiah, 3.
In fact, the household of 8 has celebrated galore milestones unneurotic successful caller weeks, including Jeremiah's birthday.
"Three years aged today," James wrote connected Instagram October 10 alongside photos of his youngest child. "We had nary thought however overmuch we needed you. But YOU did."
"You are erstwhile again," the Varsity Blues histrion continued, "proof to america that kids travel into this satellite with their ain thing; their ain essence, appetites, and personality, and you person ne'er been shy astir letting america cognize precisely who you are, and what you want. The ferocity of your desires is thing caller for america - adjacent successful a household of large personalities."
James besides noted that Jeremiah has an inherent sweetness to him.
"You ever privation to help," helium wrote, "and I’m perpetually amazed by your affectional intelligence, and what you are capable to comprehend and anticipate."
"Thank you for barging your mode into our lives," James concluded. "Thank you for each the unsocial ways successful which you situation maine (quite the feat aft 5 kids), and convey you for being the champion snuggler connected the planet. We emotion you bubs. Beyond grateful to person those ringlets successful my beingness and to get to beryllium your dad."
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As James antecedently explained, having six kids means that it tin beryllium pugnacious for him and Kimberly to person a day night.
"It takes a batch of organization, I volition accidental that," helium told E! News successful November 2022. "Right now, it's benignant of a speedy java store oregon adjacent an errand run. Honestly we've had immoderate of our favourite afternoons connected errand runs together."
As James continues to navigate this chapter, support speechmaking for much celebs who've shared their crab journeys.
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Jim Beaver
The actor, known for roles in The Boys and Supernatural, shared connected Feb. 3, 2023, that helium had battled prostate crab for years and was crab free.
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Ariana Madix
"I had to person a lil spot o'cancer removed from my assemblage and lymph nodes biopsied," the Vanderpump Rules prima revealed to fans astatine the adjacent of 2018. "(In the wide now!)"
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Marcia Cross
The Desperate Housewives prima revealed to fans successful September 2018 that she survived anal cancer. "After posting a representation of myself present and uttering the words #cancer and #hairloss, I consciousness liberated, deliriously escaped and wholly me," she shared connected Instagram.
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Dustin Hoffman
The two-time Oscar victor underwent palmy attraction for cancer, and his rep confirmed to E! News that doctors deemed Hoffman "surgically cured."
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Hugh Jackman
The X-Men prima was treated for his 3rd basal compartment carcinoma backmost successful 2014, and aft his 3rd treatment, Jackman's rep told E! News that he's "all good" now.
In April 2023, Hugh had 2 biopsies for further basal compartment carcinoma. At the time, helium told fans, "If I tin conscionable instrumentality this accidental to punctual you summertime is coming for those of america successful the bluish hemisphere, delight deterioration sunscreen."
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Camille Grammer
The erstwhile Real Housewives of Beverly Hills prima celebrated 1 twelvemonth of being cancer-free successful January. The parent of 2 was diagnosed with endometrial cancer backmost successful 2013 and underwent a extremist hysterectomy.
Then successful 2017, Camille had country to remove Squamous Cell Carcinoma, a benignant of tegument cancer.
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Cobie Smulders
The Avengers: Age of Ultron histrion battled ovarian cancer astatine the property of 25 and flooded likelihood erstwhile she welcomed 2 children with hubby Taran Killam.
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Dr. Drew Pinsky
TV big reveals helium underwent country for prostate cancer successful July 2013 and has since been fixed a cleanable measure of health.
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Brooke Burke
The Dancing with the Stars cohost underwent successful country for thyroid cancer. The parent of four tweeted, "Thx for each the twitter love. I'm [home] recovering & resting."
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Angie Everhart
"MY DR CALLED ME ON A SAT. MORNING TO TELL ME I AM CANCER FREE!!!!! #wootothemotherf--kinhoo," the histrion tweeted aft receiving the good news.
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Christina Applegate
The Up All Night star was declared "100-percent clear" of bosom crab aft attraction and a treble mastectomy.
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Michael C. Hall
The Dexter prima utilized a hiatus from his deed bid to slay Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Michelle Monaghan
The Australian histrion revealed successful October 2011 that she had a cancerous mole removed from her calf aft her hubby encouraged her to get the suspicious-looking people checked out.
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Ewan McGregor
The Scot is trainspotting conscionable good these days aft having a cancerous mole removed from beneath his close eye.
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Sheryl Crow
The vocalist beat bosom cancer successful 2004 with a "minimally invasive" lumpectomy and radiation therapy.
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Michael Douglas
The Oscar victor declared successful aboriginal 2011 that his tumor was gone and helium had pharynx crab "beat."
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Edie Falco
The Emmy victor whacked bosom cancer successful 2004.
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Anderson Cooper
Surely the CNN seasoned wears his SPF erstwhile he's braving the elements present aft having a cancerous maturation removed from nether his near oculus successful 2008.
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Kylie Minogue
The Australian popular prima underwent palmy surgery for bosom crab successful 2005.
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Barry Watson
The 7th Heaven prima was diagnosed with Hodgkin's illness erstwhile helium was lone 28. He's 37 present and looking good!
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Maura Tierney
The ER fave had to wantonness her relation successful Parenthood to fight bosom cancer successful 2009—but her attraction was a occurrence and she was backmost connected the reddish carpet successful nary time.
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Sharon Osbourne
The America's Got Talent justice was diagnosed with colon crab portion shooting The Osbournes successful 2002 and utilized the accidental to accent the value of regular screenings portion attacking the #@%! with chemotherapy. She was declared cancer-free the pursuing year.
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Robert De Niro
The Oscar victor took prostate cancer down, down to Chinatown, successful 2003, and has been successful astir 400 movies since then.
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Robin Roberts
The Good Morning America cohost proudly flaunted her creaseless scalp portion undergoing chemotherapy to dainty bosom crab successful 2007.
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Lance Armstrong
The champion cyclist battled backmost from stage-four testicular crab earlier winning 7 consecutive Tour de France titles.
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Melissa Etheridge
The Grammy and Oscar victor became an inspiring activistic aft a lumpectomy and chemotherapy cleared her of bosom cancer successful 2005.
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Julia Sweeney
The erstwhile Saturday Night Live standout mined her bosom crab conflict for comedic worldly that turned into God Said Ha!, her palmy one-woman amusement that yet went to Broadway.
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Cynthia Nixon
The Sex and the City prima was diagnosed with bosom crab successful 2006, and aft country and radiation treatments, she was given the clear.
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Samantha Harris
Harris underwent a double mastectomy aft being diagnosed with bosom cancer.
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Sarah Paulson
The Studio 60 connected the Sunset Strip star sports a scar connected her backmost wherever doctors successfully removed a melanoma.
