Randy Moss is a cancer survivor. The Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver announced via Instagram on Friday that he recently underwent surgery in Charlotte, North Carolina. Moss, who was in the hospital for nearly a week, is receiving treatment for cancer that was found outside his bile duct between his pancreas and liver.
During the video, Moss thanked his doctors, nurses and other medical staff members who have helped him during his cancer battle. Moss, who said he will now undergo chemotherapy and radiation, also thanked his family and “prayer warriors” for their support.
“Your boy is a cancer survivor,” Moss said. “I’m nursing myself back. I’m here with my family, and I can’t wait to bust some of y’all heads on ‘Call of Duty’ or ‘NBA 2K’.”
Moss said he underwent an initial procedure on Thanksgiving to put a stent in his liver after experiencing urine discoloration. That procedure confirmed his cancer diagnosis.
Moss said that he had a Whipple Procedure six days ago that lasted roughly six hours. He was released from the hospital earlier today.
“It was a trying week, some trying times,” Moss said. “So once again, I thank you all. … I felt all the prayers coming through there. Man, I really did, all the prayer warriors coming through there at the time. You know, I was looking at my social media while I was in the hospital. Didn’t have much to look at other than TV and my cellphone. Didn’t do a lot of tweeting, but you prayer warriors, all my teammates, you know, I just don’t want to name no names, but I saw everything you guys tweeted at me, all the prayers, the well wishes. I really felt that. My family felt that.”