The Young and the Restless star Eric Braeden is going through a well being battle. In a Facebook Live video on Friday, April 21, the actor stated he has most cancers.
The 82-year-old — who has performed Victor Newman on Y&R since 1980 — defined that he started experiencing prostate issues whereas recuperating from a knee operation. “I hate to be this personal, but I think this may be good for some older guys who may or may not listen to this,” he stated. “It’ll happen to them.”
After experiencing “terrible pain” at some point on his method into work, Braeden dropped into Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the place a urologist acknowledged him and informed him that he realized English from watching The Young and the Restless after shifting from Vietnam.
That urologist, nevertheless, delivered a severe analysis: “He said, ‘You have cancer,’” Braeden recalled. “I said, ‘Whoa. Huh. Holy s—t.’”
So Braeden went underneath the knife, with that urologist eradicating the most cancers whereas performing a UroLift process to alleviate stress from Braeden’s urethra.
But a subsequent biopsy revealed high-grade most cancers cells, so the urologist instructed a six-week immunotherapy therapy, for which he’s had two infusions of the liquid drug Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) thus far.
“So, that’s where I am right now. I’m a little under the weather, but not really much,” he stated. “If you’ve seen me a little under the weather, yeah, I have been, but I will lick this. … And I’ll be in top form again soon.”
At the top of the video, Braeden received choked up as he expressed gratitude for his work and the Y&R followers. “I still am happy to be able to go work,” he stated. “That I enjoy. It distracts me. I love acting. I love knowing that I entertain people. And, yeah, I love your support. It means a lot.”