Bret 'The Hitman' Hart, pro wrestler, hopeful about cancer recovery
原始发布日期： 2016-03-07 发布者：李方字变大 字变小
'I like to think at least for right now I'm cancer-free,' says wrestling legend after surgery
Bret Hart underwent surgery for prostate cancer on Feb. 10. Since then, his recovery has been 'excellent', said Dr. Eric Hyndman. (Evelyne Asselin/CBC) Canadian professional wrestler Bret Hart may have won the biggest bout of his life. The grappler known as "The Hitman" held a news conference in Calgary to talk about his Feb. 10 prostate cancer surgery. Hart said he has to keep a close eye on his condition for the next couple of years, but he is 99 per cent sure he has beaten it. He said it was, in his words, "really scary" when he learned he had the disease, and admitted he was initially hesitant to talk about it. "There was a part of me that felt that it was kinda personal, and a part of me was going, 'Just keep it to yourself. I don't need to tell anyone,'" he said. But today, Hart said he was glad he came forward and made the decision to go public with his illness. "Showing that you're human, and you're susceptible to these kind of things, it's a good example for everyone else," he said. "The people that have come forward to get PSA levels checked and are following up on the same process that I did is hopefully, in the end, gonna save some lives and do a lot of good," Hart said. His doctor, Eric Hyndman, said Hart's chances of being cured are "excellent" at this time. Still, Hart acknowledged there's no way to know for sure. "You never know if the cancer is gonna come back," he said. "I like to think at least for right now I'm cancer-free." He credits regular medical checkups and PSA tests — used to measure the level of prostate-specific antigen in men's blood — for catching the cancer in its early stages. Hart has had serious health issues before, including a significant stroke in 2002 that left him partially paralyzed, but from which he made a successful recovery. with files from The Canadian Press |