James Van der Beek has colorectal cancer!
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Anonymous
| Wow, shocking. He’s 47 and has 6 kids. Hope they embrace some modern medicine instead of their new age stuff to get through it. |
Anonymous
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That’s too bad.
Him playing James van der Beek in don’t trust the b—- is so great |
Anonymous
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I just looked at his Instagram and he doesn't mention it on there. I think his oldest two kids are old enough to potentially be online so maybe he doesn't want them to read anything scary about him.
He seems to really love the sh*t (no pun intended) out of his kids so I hope he makes it through. |
Anonymous
Agreed!! |
Anonymous
What a weird thing to say. |
Anonymous
Huh? He has spoken publicly about this. https://people.com/james-van-der-beek-diagnosed-with-colorectal-cancer-exclusive-8738844 |
Anonymous
He's not protecting his kids. He gave an exclusive interview to People. It was likely contractual that he cannot say anything on his own social media until X time. |
Anonymous
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screening for colorectal cancer begins at age 45; earlier if you have symptoms or other risk factors.
schedule your colonoscopy! |
Anonymous
| He seems optimistic with his treatment plan - maybe they caught it early. I would love to hear more from him. He could really raise awareness. |
Anonymous
Did you read the article??? |
Anonymous
Thats what he’s doing……. “ Later in December, Van Der Beek is set to appear on The Real Full Monty, a two-hour special where a group of male celebrities will strip down to raise awareness for prostate, testicular, and colorectal cancer testing and research.” |
Anonymous
Yes. He didn’t say what stage he is in or what treatment plan he’s doing or how they discovered it - hence I would like to hear more from him. |
Anonymous
Thats not your business and he doesn’t owe you that information. weird! He actually gave a statement to People because a tabloid threatened to go public with the information before he was ready. More information here, this link is different than the one posted above. https://people.com/james-van-der-beek-apologizes-loved-ones-who-learned-of-colorectal-cancer-diagnosis-press-8738855 |
Anonymous
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In the past few months I have heard about over a half dozen people being diagnosed-a mom I know, a cousin, celebrities and a former coworker.
It's hard when someone forces your hand and you have to share before you are ready. Sometimes it's just so much easier to share when you are in remission and have had some time to process it all. Well meaning people say the most awful things. Your ill and trying to manage your own anxiety and you find yourself having to calm down a hysterical loved one. Plus, it's hard when people treat you like an object of pity and sadness. |
Anonymous
I totally get this and used to feel the same way. I want to have a sense of how serious and it might save someone else's life to learn from his symptoms and experience. However, once it was me dealing with illness it was a different story and now I get it. If your prognosis is unclear or poor the last thing you need is people weeping and preparing for your funeral and even when it's early stage, you don't want people minimizing things because you still have a fight on your hands and it is emotionally draining. I hate when people say "he doesn't OWE you anything." Of course that is true, but it's natural to wonder and want to learn from someone else's experience. However, once you are on the other side you see how hard it is. The worst is the people who try to find a reason to blame you. I had some experience dealing with that prior to illness because one of my kids had autism and no....I did not eat tuna during pregnancy or snort mercury or take antidepressants or have a husband with old sperm or have ripe eggs or sit my infant in front of screens or whatever... |