Eric Braeden, known for 'The Young and the Restless,' has revealed he is now cancer free.
“As of three days ago, I am cancer-free."
He first shared his diagnosis in April.
“I thank you for all of your good thoughts, all of your prayers,” he said, saying his fans“meant a great deal to me.”
“I can tell you it obviously has helped because I had my last cystoscopy two days ago — that’s when they thread a camera into your bladder — and I am cancer-free.”
“They couldn’t find a damn thing. Isn’t that nice?”
He continued to note that just because his bladder is free of cancer cells, it doesn't mean "this is all over."
He is still awaiting MRI results, which will confirm if his cancer has spread from his bladder. And even if the results are good, he still has to undergo several prophylactic infusions.
“That obviously makes me happy,” adding that “getting old is great."
“I love life, man. Why wouldn’t I? I’m working on the No. 1 show. It has been No. 1 for 38 years now. Why would I complain? That would be obscene.”
“I decided to go public with it because I can help people not to be so fearful of it," he said, explaining he also hoped his diagnosis would serve as a reminder for men to “have this damn thing checked out.”
“The first indications are difficulty to urinate or to empty your bladder completely, and that increases as the prostate grows. It impinges on the urethra, and as it grows more, it impinges more. Hence, the flow is restricted.”
“It gets to the point where you wake up every half hour not to pee, because you can't get rid of it. That's as graphic and as simple as it gets."
Another reason he wanted to spread awareness is the fact that he first received a misdiagnosis.
“I knew I was going to meet it head-on."
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