This is for all men, and the women who love them, check your health! That's from NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss who revealed Sunday, first on social media and then on ESPN's "NFL Countdown," that he's battling a serious health issue, urging fellow men to get medical checkups.
"Throughout the week of the holidays, your boy has been battling something internal," Moss said in an Instagram video. "And I just ask for all the prayer warriors to put their blessing hands on me and my family through these hard times. ... I'm battling something, man, and it's something internal. Your boy's gonna get through it. I got a great team of doctors, and I got a great family around me. All you men, man, ya'll do your checkups and get your bloodwork done, and we'll work through it, alright? Thank you for the prayers."
I'd like to add that I only found out that I had prostate cancer after a simple blood test. I didn't have any of the usual symptoms, but I'm thankful we caught it kinda early. After surgery and radiation treatments, my cancer is undetectable right now, praying it stays that way.
Again, we caught it during an annual checkup. I just want to encourage you to fight through that fear and make an appointment too.