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Jim Beaver, known for roles connected the shows The Boys and Supernatural, has privately undergone a combat for his life.
In a Feb. 3 Facebook post, the actor revealed that helium had battled prostate crab and, aft undergoing treatments and country successful Texas, is present cancer-free.
"I had kept this mostly to myself the past fewer years, but arsenic idiosyncratic has made a alternatively nationalist announcement of it successful comments connected my leafage successful the past fewer days, I deliberation that it is clip to beryllium afloat nationalist astir it," the 72-year-old wrote. "In the autumn of 2018, I was diagnosed with assertive prostate cancer."
Beaver, who plays Secretary of Defense Robert Singer connected The Boys and portrayed Bobby Singer on Supernatural, said he underwent six months of hormone treatments at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center successful Houston, Texas "to trim my testosterone levels, truthful that my aggravated reddish prostate could chill down and not beryllium truthful cancerously progressive erstwhile it came clip to chopped it out, frankincense lessening the accidental of spread."
The histrion wrote that successful 2019, helium underwent robotic laparoscopic country successful Houston and spent 1 nighttime successful the hospital. "Little oregon nary musculus was cut, truthful my betterment was rapid, and I was rapidly connected my feet, though a emblematic urinary incontinence dogged maine for a fewer months," helium wrote. "But for large surgery, it was remarkably escaped of symptom (except for the rampant 'inflation') and I was afloat progressive acold quicker than I was erstwhile I had an appendectomy successful 1954!"
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Reflecting connected his aesculapian journey, Beaver wrote that his wife Sarah Spiegel was "extraordinarily adjuvant successful helping maine formal (there's a catheter and container for a fewer days) and grip the luggage erstwhile we flew backmost from Houston, and she was a benignant and attentive mate during this clip who took attraction of what needs I had occupation with."
Beaver and Spiegel, a singer, joined successful 2019. In August 2022, helium filed for divorce.
In his latest Facebook post, Beaver said that helium conscionable got new trial results that showed his cancer was gone. "It's been 3 ½ years since the country and I americium crab free," helium said. "There was nary motion of spreading instantly aft the surgery, and nary since. I person been successful afloat wellness since recovering from the operation, and my doc precocious told maine that I americium successful astonishingly bully wellness for a antheral successful my property group. I americium profoundly blessed."
The histrion explained that anterior to his diagnosis, helium had undergone yearly prostate exams and a genetic trial adjacent showed helium was low-risk for processing prostate cancer. "The crushed I wanted to spell nationalist with this," helium wrote, "is that I caught the grounds of a precise assertive crab rather early."
He encouraged men to get themselves checked regularly. "Yeah, we each cognize the dumb jokes astir the exam," helium said. "You cognize what's dumber? Getting prostate crab erstwhile you could person prevented it. Don't beryllium an idjit. Get the digit. Be safe. Be smart."
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