David Ramsey recently opened up about his nearly decade-long health struggles with testicular cancer.
The Arrow alum, now 54, said he was 28 when doctors first discovered his cancer and told him they would “watch and advise” his condition over the next decade, before he ultimately had surgery and chemotherapy eight years later.
“I’m a cancer survivor,” he said on the Inside of You podcast. “I was kickboxing a lot and one of the testes was significantly smaller than the other. Now that’s true no matter what. It’s like the side of your face, right? They don’t match. But one was significant. So I went to the doctor.”
Ramsey told host Michael Rosenbaum, “What they saw, they didn’t know what it was. They saw something called microlithiasis. Anyone that’s kind of gone through testicular cancer will understand that. That’s present if there’s cancer but it can be present without cancer. So, they’re watching.”
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Eight and a half years later, Ramsey returned to the doctor when one testicle grew to “the size of my fist.” Although he noted it was “never painful,” doctors needed to surgically remove the testicle and give him chemotherapy.
Ramsey said perspective has “changed everything” for him after his health struggles. “I feel like crap this morning but I can choose joy. I know it sounds kind of crazy but this stuff has really helped me a lot to just deal with the stuff,” he said.
“These are the cards. So, what are you going to do with it?” added Ramsey. “That’s just what kind of works for my own mental.”