Nene is out indefinitely

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  1. cpawfan

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    http://www.nba.com/nuggets/news/nene_absence_011108.html

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>DENVER, Jan. 11 -- Beginning today, Nuggets forward Nenê will take an indefinite leave of absence from the team to tend to a personal medical issue. “I’m very upset that I have to put a little delay on being with the team to take care of my health,” said Nenê. “It is hard to go through when things seem to be going so well. I thank God that he showed me this issue so I can take care of it. I want to get back on the court as soon as possible to help my teammates. My family and I ask that you respect our privacy during this time.”

    “Our thoughts and prayers are with Nenê and his family,” said Nuggets Head Coach George Karl. “Our main focus is to support him as a family and as teammates.”

    The Nuggets organization will continue to support Nene’s wishes and respect his privacy. The team will provide further information when it becomes available.

    Nenê, 6-11, 260, is in his sixth season with the Nuggets.</div>




    Some other things I have found out.
    <ul>[*]This is obviously a non-basketball injury because the team is not required to disclose what it is[*]Because of HIPPA, the team must honor Nene's wishes that the matter be kept quiet[*]Nene's mother was on Brazilian radio today and said he would be having surgery on Tuesday[*]Based upon what an insider said, it appears that this condition was discovered based upon the results of a random drug test[/list]This is serious and I wish Nene nothing but the best. My prayers go out to him.
     
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    Of course it would happen to Nenê.
     
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    That's scary news. I hope for a full recovery!
     
  4. ToddMacCulloch11

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    wow, hopefully they can take care of whatever it is and he can make it back.
     
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    What kind of serious medical condition can you discover from a random drug test?

    It's just a urine test, right?

    Maybe something with the liver or kidneys?
     
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    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3197423

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Doctors removed a tumor from Nuggets forward Nene Hilario, according to the player's Web site Tuesday.

    The statement said the surgery was done Monday at a Denver hospital, but it did not indicate whether the tumor was cancerous or where it was located.

    Nene's medical team will discuss what to do next after getting test results expected by the end of the week, the statement said.

    Nene, who is from Brazil, took an indefinite leave of absence Friday. The team hasn't released any information about his condition.</div>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Jan 15 2008, 11:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Anyone speak Portuguese?

    http://lancenet.com.br/noticias/08-01-15/220836.stm

    Sounds like he was operated on yesterday for Testicular cancer</div>

    Put it through a free translator and got...

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>After days of mystery and apprehension, the Brazilian Baby finally divulged the motive of his distance of the basketball. In the night of the last Monday, day 14, the pivot was submitted, in a hospital of Denver, in the United States, to a surgery for the extraction of a tumor in the testicles. According to his advisory board, the procedure well was happened, the athlete is in rest and awaiting orientation for the future handling.

    The decision of the operation was carried out by the medical team that take care of his case and the result of the conclusive exams will be known to the end of the week.

    The news of the distance of the Brazilian player arose like a bomb in the Friday, before of a party of the Denver Nuggets. Important members of the team, as Allen Iverson, Marcus Camby and Carmelo Anthony, beyond the technical one George Karl, stayed very worried about the situation faced by the companion.

    In interviews carried out for the American press, the technician of the Denver affirmed that the team is prepared for act without Baby by the near weeks and that the priority in the moment is the recuperation of the Brazilian. Opinion that is shared by the too players.</div>
     
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    I hope they found it early and he is cancer-free as soon as possible.

    Lots of athletes have recovered from testicular cancer and had long, successful careers and lives.

    Lance Armstrong, Phil Kessel and John Kruk come to mind.
     
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    I'm shocked he even had any testicles, to be honest.
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jan 15 2008, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm shocked he even had any testicles, to be honest.</div>

    hahaha....I knew you had something constructive to add to this thread.

    This is crazy tho, gotta hope for the best for Nene.
     
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    Nene can now relate to the New Jersey Nets

    ...no Nenads
     
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    Do we just call him Ne now?
     
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    http://www.denverpost.com/nuggets/ci_7981639

    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Fate came randomly for Nene.

    The NBA randomly selected the 25-year-old Nuggets forward for a drug test and the results detected something abnormal. Doctors soon found a tumor. Monday, Nene had a testicular tumor removed surgically. He now awaits the results of a biopsy to determine if cancer is present.

    "I was like, 'Wow, they can find that out in a drug test?' " teammate Steven Hunter said. "It's very scary, but (he's) very lucky."

    While the results are pending, the tumor was caught at an early stage, which is reassuring.

    "With early diagnosis, your survival rate should be 99 percent. It's really a medical success story," said E. David Crawford, a urologist and cancer specialist at the University of Colorado Cancer Center.

    Nene released a statement on his website, saying in part, "I want to thank my fans, my teammates, the Nuggets organization and everyone that's been supporting me. My victory will be their victory as well."

    His surgery was performed by Dr. Fernando J. Kim, chief of urology at Denver Health Medical Center, who found "a right testicular mass." Kim said, "Nene is recovering well and in good condition."

    Last week, team physician Dr. Saurabh Mangalik discovered the presence of the tumor. Nene then consulted Dr. Kim, a fellow Brazilian. Nene took a leave of absence from the Nuggets on Friday. Test results are expected this week.

    "This whole thing is so much bigger than basketball," Nuggets star Allen Iverson said. "This is life. Obviously, it's a tough time for himself and his family. All we can do is be there to support him and be a phone call away if he needs us."

    For Nuggets coach George Karl, the news was another in a series of sucker punches. After beating prostate cancer, he watched his son, Coby, battle removal of a cancerous thyroid and ensuing chemotherapy in 2006. Then, last year, Coby Karl had cancerous lymph nodes removed.

    Before he shared the news about Nene with his team, George Karl met privately with his team captains, Iverson, Carmelo Anthony and Marcus Camby. The emotions, Karl admitted, were overwhelming. Now, he has to be the strong one.

    "We want to build a family of strength for him that he can rely on," Karl said.

    When Coby Karl, a rookie for the Los Angles Lakers, heard the news about Nene, he was shaken. "My heart was broken," he said. "It's different when you go through it, but when you know someone else has to go through it, and to know the fears they're going through, it made me want to just be there for him."

    The oft-injured Nene, the seventh overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft, has had a star-crossed Nuggets career. He missed 22 games this season following thumb surgery, but had returned with a zest. For the season, he's averaged 6.4 points per game and 6.4 rebounds.

    Coach Karl said it was premature to determine whether Nene will play again this season but in the best case scenario does not expect him back anytime soon. Denver has an opportunity to apply for a disabled player exception, which, if granted, would allow the team to sign another player for 50 percent of the worth of the disabled player. Nene is making about $8.8 million this season.

    "I don't think there's a need to interpret anything until we get all the tests back," Karl said. "There are circumstances and situations that we should know in probably a week. He'll hopefully be back playing this year. But if not, he'll be back healthy, period."

    About 7,920 men are diagnosed with testicular cancer in the United States every year — mostly men in their 20s and 30s, according to the National Cancer Institute. About 380 men died of testicular cancer last year.

    Testicular cancer gained national attention in 1999 when survivor cyclist Lance Armstrong won his first Tour de France, three years after he was diagnosed with the disease, which quickly spread to his brain and lungs. Like Armstrong, most testicular cancer patients can be cured with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a combination of those treatments, the NCI reports.

    The majority of Crawford's cancer patients discovered their own cancers, he said, because their testicle swelled or felt uncomfortable.

    Monthly checks for lumps and bumps — much like those women perform to check for breast cancer — are probably the best way to catch testicular cancer early, Crawford said.</div>
     
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    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>A source close to the situation said Tuesday a possible health problem was noticed last week by an administrator during a routine NBA drug test, which led to Nene undergoing surgery Monday for a testicular tumor.

    The source said doctors believe there's a strong likelihood Nene has testicular cancer, but, if that's the case, there is great optimism about a full recovery because his condition was detected so early. -- Rocky Mountain News</div>
     

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