Ahmad “Real” Givens, best known for VH1’s “I Love New York” and “Real Chance of Love” has started chemo to fight level four cancer of the colon as he fights for his life. Real is expected to take a product way of chemo after speaking with doctors in Los Angeles, TMZ said on March 23.
Real, who is only 33 and unusually young for this devastating diagnosis, revealed that he had late-stage colon cancer just days ago. Ahmad “Real” Givens also is a participant of the rap Band the Stallionaires along with brothers Kamal and Micah Givens.Ahmad “Real” Givens originally got fed up in Jan and thought he simply had the flu. After several visits to doctors and first being advised he had a liver problem, he was medically diagnosed as level four melanoma of the colon and was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
After speaking with his doctors at Cedars-Sinai, Ahmad “Real” Givens has obviously been suggested to take a way of oral chemotherapy, rather than the more traditional IV chemo. Real is expected to go through chemo for at least two years.
The hospital expenses for Ahmad “Real” Givens are required to be “staggering,” and the superstar has also set up a cancer fund seeking donations to help cover expenses. The cancer fund says that Real’s insurance will secure only about 40 percent of his hospital expenses.
The fund information Real’s objective as $200,000, and the VH1 star has already raised thousands of dollars.“Anybody that knows Real knows that he is a complicated, highly effective, spiritual individual, and will fight this off,” the Ahmad Givens cancer fund site says. “He prefers all his friends, family, and fans for helping him get through in this time of need.”
Stage IV colon cancer is one of the later stages of colon cancer, which has five stages, according to the National Cancer Organization. In level four melanoma of the colon, the melanoma usually has spread to other areas of the body, such as the liver, lungs or lymph nodes.It’s unusual to be medically determined as melanoma of the colon at such a younge age like Ahmad “Real” Givens. The risk of colon melanoma usually increases after age 50.
Among malignancies that effect both men and women, colon cancer is the second significant cause of melanoma deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 50,000 People approved away from colon cancer during 2009, the latest year for which research are available.
Real, who is only 33 and unusually young for this devastating diagnosis, revealed that he had late-stage colon cancer just days ago. Ahmad “Real” Givens also is a participant of the rap Band the Stallionaires along with brothers Kamal and Micah Givens.Ahmad “Real” Givens originally got fed up in Jan and thought he simply had the flu. After several visits to doctors and first being advised he had a liver problem, he was medically diagnosed as level four melanoma of the colon and was hospitalized at Cedars-Sinai hospital in Los Angeles.
After speaking with his doctors at Cedars-Sinai, Ahmad “Real” Givens has obviously been suggested to take a way of oral chemotherapy, rather than the more traditional IV chemo. Real is expected to go through chemo for at least two years.
The hospital expenses for Ahmad “Real” Givens are required to be “staggering,” and the superstar has also set up a cancer fund seeking donations to help cover expenses. The cancer fund says that Real’s insurance will secure only about 40 percent of his hospital expenses.
The fund information Real’s objective as $200,000, and the VH1 star has already raised thousands of dollars.“Anybody that knows Real knows that he is a complicated, highly effective, spiritual individual, and will fight this off,” the Ahmad Givens cancer fund site says. “He prefers all his friends, family, and fans for helping him get through in this time of need.”
Stage IV colon cancer is one of the later stages of colon cancer, which has five stages, according to the National Cancer Organization. In level four melanoma of the colon, the melanoma usually has spread to other areas of the body, such as the liver, lungs or lymph nodes.It’s unusual to be medically determined as melanoma of the colon at such a younge age like Ahmad “Real” Givens. The risk of colon melanoma usually increases after age 50.
Among malignancies that effect both men and women, colon cancer is the second significant cause of melanoma deaths in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 50,000 People approved away from colon cancer during 2009, the latest year for which research are available.
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