Former WPLG sportscaster Jim Mandich announced on WQAM he’s been on chemo therapy for the last several weeks to battle bile duct cancer.
Mandich was on with WTVJ sportscaster Joe Rose, who has a show on WQAM, and said he received a positive review from his doctors yesterday. He continues chemo treatments but has already gained some of the weight he had lost back.
Jim Mandich is a former Miami Dolphins player, was a sports comentator on WPLG’s weekly sports show ‘Sports Jam’ for years and hosts a show on WQAM
We wish him a speedy recovery!
You can hear the interview by going to this link and looking for ‘Mad Dog with Big Dog 4-2’ in the flash player
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The initial release was almost a month ago in the Sun-Sentinel. Here’s the link: http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-03-09/sports/fl-jim-mandich-has-cancer-0310_1_miami-dolphins-talk-cancer
Jim knows he has a real tough battle ahead of him. 1000s of people already sent their best wishes to Jim in his battle. Right now he hopes to get the tumor to shrink enough where they can go in and remove the tumor and “hope” nothing grows back.