“Over in Richmond, EKU men’s basketball coach A.W. Hamilton has turned around the fortunes of the Colonels. However, he is enduring a remarkable rebound after getting a physical.
Hamilton, third-year coach for the Colonels, went for a physical in July of this year. What transpired is scary, thought provoking and miraculous.
In a video relased by EKU and its basketball program, Hamilton said he was getting his first physical since his college days some 16 years ago when a mole was analyzed. The mole had been there Hamilton’s entire life, but he visited his dermatologist when his life possibly flashed before his eyes.
‘And he tells me, you have stage two melanoma,’ Hamilton said. ‘The melanoma, the tumor in your ear, has rooted in your ear and it’s possible that the melanoma has spread. He said melanoma is one of the scariest cancers you can have because it is unpredictable. I’m 39. I’m healthy. I feel great. What’s going to happen to me? He said the best case scenario is you will have a major surgery and we are going to remove your tumor and hopefully you never see me again. Then he says The worst case, melanoma again is the unpredictable cancer, you could be in a box in six months.'”
View the whole story here: https://www.wkyt.com/2020/08/18/eku-mens-basketball-coach-says-hes-now-cancer-free-after-melanoma-scare/