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James Van Der Beek is opening up a few well being battle.
The “Dawson’s Creek” alum informed CNN in a press release Sunday that he has colorectal cancer.
“I’ve been privately coping with this prognosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the assist of my unimaginable household,” his assertion mentioned.
Van Der Beek, 47, added: “There’s motive for optimism, and I’m feeling good.”
Folks journal was first to report the information.
In the US, about 1 in 23 men and 1 in 25 women can be identified with colorectal most cancers of their lifetime, in response to the American Most cancers Society.
In a press release posted to his Instagram web page Sunday a number of hours after his preliminary assertion was launched, Van Der Beek wrote that he’s been “getting therapy and dialing in my general well being with higher focus than ever earlier than.”
He deliberate to talk at size “to boost consciousness and inform my story alone phrases” at a later date however that plan, he wrote, “needed to be altered early this morning after I was knowledgeable {that a} tabloid was going to run with the information.”
“Nothing about this course of has occurred on my most popular timeline,” he wrote. “However we roll with it, taking every shock as a signpost, pointing us towards a higher future than we might have found with out divine intervention.”
He additionally expressed his appreciation for that “all of the love and assist” that he and his household have since obtained.
Van Der Beek has six kids along with his spouse Kimberly. He not too long ago shared images of his household celebrating Halloween on Instagram.
“My six year-old was devastated that her angel costume wouldn’t arrive in time for trick-or-treating,” he wrote within the caption. “She was given the mission of constructing her personal halo, which she labored on for HOURS – wrapping yellow yarn round some backyard wire.”
As soon as his daughter accomplished the halo, he wrote, “the look of delight on her face upon seeing the ultimate mission within the mirror was, for me… my favourite second of Halloween.”
The actor is finest recognized for enjoying the title function on teen drama “Dawson’s Creek,” which ran from 1998 to 2003. Not too long ago, he had visitor appearances on an episode of “Walker” and can seem within the Tubi film “Sidelined: The QB and Me” later this month.