Bret “Hit Man” Hart reveals battle
with cancer – Legendary wrestler Bret “Hit Man”
Hart has revealed he’s suffering from prostate cancer.
In
an Instagram post, the 7-time WWE champion revealed his condition, over 15
years since he retired from professional wrestling.
He
wrote: “It is with great remorse that I feel compelled to speak truthfully to
my friends, family and my millions of fans around the world. In the past few
years, I’ve spent more than enough time paying the price for all those years
trying to be the best there ever was as a professional wrestler. I executed
excellently and my proudest claim was that I never seriously hurt or injured
another wrestler in my 23 year career.”
“I’ve
paid a price for all that “fake” wrestling … Mark Helprin wrote: “We are all
perfect clocks that Divinity has set to ticking when, even before birth, the
heart explodes into a lifelong dance.” I’ve had a great lifelong dance and I’m
a survivor of many hard battles. I now face my toughest battle. With hesitation
and fear, I openly declare myself in my fight against prostate cancer.”
He
revealed that he was going to undergo surgery in a bid to fight the condition
once and for all. “In the next few days, I will undergo surgery with the hope
of defeating this nemesis once and for all. My fans have always looked upon me
as a hero and I’ve always done my best to live up to that in and out of the
ring. I beat the odds when I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet
again, that I … stand unafraid and face the tough road ahead of me, I will
march toward this destiny with his spirit chanting in my ear.”
“I
make a solemn vow to all of those that once believed in me, the dead and the
living, that I will wage my fearsome fight against cancer with one shield and
one sword carrying my determination and my fury for life, emboldened by all the
love that’s kept me going this long already. Love is my weapon and I’ve got
much of it around me all the time, for which I’m truly blessed and eternally
grateful.”
“My
children, grandchildren, and my loving wife Steph have been and will constantly
be at my side. I refuse to lose, I will never give in or give up, and I will
win this battle or die trying. Most important of all, I hope can take the fight
to prostate cancer. To be a leader in awareness and to set the example for men
everywhere who find themselves in my very same shoes, that prostate cancer can
be beaten.”
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