he's battling cancer and has had his third surgery in five years. stay strong jim!
Doctor outlines Jim Kelly's latest surgery to remove cancer, timetable for recovery
Jim Kelly’s legendary toughness is being put to the test again.
The former Buffalo Bills quarterback went through 12 hours of surgery on Wednesday night in New York City to remove oral cancer. This is the third time Kelly has been treated for cancer in the last five years.
“We successfully removed Mr. Kelly’s cancer from his upper jaw and lymph nodes from his neck. We then reconstructed his upper jaw. Mr. Kelly is resting comfortably post-operatively,” said Dr. Mark Urken, head and neck surgeon at Mount Sinai West said, according to the Bills’ website.
Kelly’s wife Jill said her husband now “heads into a very significant time of recovery.” According to ESPN’s Mike Rodak, Urken said Kelly will be in the hospital for about two weeks, then be screened for cancer again in three months. Rodak wrote the surgery included “taking part of Kelly’s fibula and blood vessels from his leg to rebuild his upper jaw.”
“We have a long road ahead, but we do not walk alone…the Lord goes before us and is with us…we will not fear,” Jill Kelly said in an Instagram post.
Kelly’s longtime teammate and fellow Hall of Famer Thurman Thomas tweeted his support, and changed his profile picture to a shot of him and Kelly on the sideline together during their playing days.
https://sports.yahoo.com/doctor-outline ... 06248.html
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Get well Jim! I don't doubt your toughness. One of the toughest SOBs the game and life has seen.
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i think he's going to have to be. it sounds like they really had to do a number just to get that cancer out and i don't know if that prognosis is looking too good for him. stay strong mr. kelly.Sergeant Rubetube wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 10:29 am Get well Jim! I don't doubt your toughness. One of the toughest SOBs the game and life has seen.
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God bless modern technology.Rodak wrote the surgery included “taking part of Kelly’s fibula and blood vessels from his leg to rebuild his upper jaw.”
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amazing stuff.bubu dubu. wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:46 pmGod bless modern technology.Rodak wrote the surgery included “taking part of Kelly’s fibula and blood vessels from his leg to rebuild his upper jaw.”