Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Has Leukemia
All time NBA leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has announced he is being treated for a rare form of leukemia. He told the AP that last December he was diagnosed with chronic myeloid leukemia. Kareem has made this announcement in hopes it is inspiring to others.
“I’ve never been a person to share my private life. But I can help save lives,” he said in a midtown Manhattan conference room. “It’s incumbent on someone like me to talk about this.”
When asked about how he found out, he said he started to get strange feelings all the time like hot flashes. When he had tests done it proved his white blood cell count was way too high.
Abdul-Jabbar is currently an assistant for the L.A. Lakers and says his treatment isn’t slowing him down.
how come the photo has magic johnson #32? anyway.. sad to hear.. hope the best for him!