UFC veteran Mike Swick on Wednesday introduced he’s cancer-free after a one-year battle with the illness.
On Instagram, Swick thanked his supporters with a submit of his unbelievable bodily transformation, the results of Stage 4 lymphoblastic lymphoma most cancers.
Swick, 43, stated a optimistic mindset helped him overcome the illness, a kind of non-Hodgkin lymphoma the place immature white blood cells are discovered within the lymph nodes and the thymus gland. The five-year survival charge for the most cancers is claimed to be between 60 and 70 p.c in keeping with varied estimates.
The Final Fighter 1 vet and proprietor of AKA Thailand in Phuket famous he isn’t fully out of the woods, however he added he “shall be way more ready and prepared and might at the very least all the time say it doesn’t matter what, I kicked it’s ass!”
Right here is Swick’s full submit.
As you’ll be able to see by the picture, I didn’t wait round for the take a look at outcomes… Very optimistic I used to be gonna win this battle one way or the other. It will probably come again and I can all the time get it later in life however I shall be way more ready and prepared and might at the very least all the time say it doesn’t matter what, I kicked it’s ass!
As you’ll be able to see from my timeline the final yr, it didn’t gradual me down. It was powerful however protecting a optimistic mindset and never permitting it to vary my life anymore than it needed to was vital and stored my stress down and life shifting ahead.
Stage 4 of probably the most aggressive and lethal type of Lymphoma Leukemia was not a simple factor to listen to so younger and wholesome however I been a fighter since I used to be a child and accepted the problem and knew this submit would come at some point. Actually from the day I took that first selfie, I couldn’t wait to submit this.
I hope it’s inspiring to anybody dealing with the identical scenario or comparable and when you have any questions remark beneath or DM me. Many have been preventing this with me and plenty of shall be profitable and reside full completely happy lives after! Something I can do to assist will simply make me extra completely happy!
Thanks for all of the help! It’s been superb! Love you all!
Swick retired from MMA in 2015 however continued to teach earlier than beginning AKA Thailand. He went 10-5 within the octagon, competing at welterweight and middleweight, with wins over one-time middleweight title challenger David Loiseau, Joe Riggs, Josh Burkman and Ben Saunders.
