A popular rock musician and former college football player is opening up about his cancer battle. Ben Kaiser gave a positive update on social media about his struggles.
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"I'm just jumping on here to give you guys a brief update as to what's going on with my wonderful health situation," he said on his
Facebook page. "So, the last time I gave you guys an update, pretty much the doctors told me we are going to be five more rounds of chemo and three stem cell transplants and the whole nine."A couple of weeks ago, I got some scans, and those scans showed significant progress from April," he continued. "There's still cancer left, but the doctors feel pretty good about moving forward with surgery. So, in about two weeks, I'm going to have a massive 12, 13-hour operation."
Recovery from surgery will be months long. But the rock musician is trying to stay positive.
Rock Musician Shares Update on Cancer
"Fingers crossed, this is the final step in what has been a very exciting journey for me this year," he continued. "So, I just wanted to update you guys. I'm doing good. I feel as good as one can given these circumstances, and most of all I'm just antsy to get back out and not only live my life, but do the things I've wanted to do this year and haven't been able to because of my medical (expletive)."
The rock musician, who played for NC State as a football player, announced that he had cancer at the beginning of the year. Doctors diagnosed him after he noted he hadn't been feeling well.
"The truth is, I haven't felt right physically for quite a few years," he wrote. "I always had great excuses for a lot of the problems I was experiencing such as my football career which can take a toll on the human body, my music career which can be both mentally and physically demanding, my rigorous training lifestyle that I've continued to lead in my post football life to stay in shape and healthy, or simply the growing pains that came as a result of getting older."
He continued, "It became difficult to even focus on anything except the pain but I come from a world where you're taught to suppress that and find a way to remain strong. So I did. I pushed through every day for years. I wouldn't and couldn't be stopped from relentlessly chasing my goals by anything or anyone. Not even my own self. I became comfortable putting my goals own wellbeing on the back burner to service the greater goal, whatever that may have been at the time, and honestly that's just my DNA, 100% or nothing!
