Mike Montgomery Had Bladder Cancer Surgery, All Clear Now

by Avinash Kunnath on Oct 28, 2011 12:56 PM PDT in California Golden Bears Men's Basketball

Apparently that surgery for our head honcho of hoops was a little bit more serious than we thought.

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Ryan Gorcey#Cal HC Mike Montgomery explains health issue: high grade bladder cancer diagnosed a month ago, polyp was removed, he's now all clear.
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Ryan Gorcey Monty has no limitations, physically. Just taking things carefully.
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Ryan Gorcey Dr. to Montgomery when they found the polyp: 3 months ago we wouldn’t have found this, six months from now, you’d be gone
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Ryan Gorcey "We didn't have a lot of parties around the house," Montgomery said of the time between the diagnosis and the surgery.
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Jeff Eisenberg Montgomery intends to resume coaching the team again full time next week. "Much to the players' chagrin," he jokes.
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Scary stuff, but it's good to see that things worked out for the best for Monty. And it doens't look as if the head coach has lost any of his spry sense of humor, so I doubt that he's missing a beat. It seems the cancer was caught early enough that he never really experienced any of the serious symptoms of the disease, and he appears like he's ready to get to work.

Anyway, this is as good a time as ever to give your best wishes to Monty as he prepares for what could be a big season on the hardwood for the Golden Bears. Send letters or emails of appreciation (contact info through the Cal Athletics staff directory) or say hi to him at the open practice this Sunday! Show the love for Monty!

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Wow.

I thought it was just an appendectomy or something. Get well soon, Coach!

by Oski4Heisman on Oct 28, 2011 1:11 PM PDT reply actions

Scary stuff. Glad to hear about the all-clear and the apparent speedy recovery.

Being an Old Blue means never accepting success.

by SoCal Oski on Oct 28, 2011 1:13 PM PDT reply actions

wow

Very glad that they caught this early.

by LEastCoastBears on Oct 28, 2011 1:19 PM PDT via iPhone app reply actions

Man, this is serious, scary business. He’s incredibly fortunate that it was caught when it was, and it’s great to hear that he’s now cancer-free.

by minesweeper on Oct 28, 2011 1:24 PM PDT reply actions

Mike Montgomery: All he does is win!

Congrats on the successful operation.

"Remember the Maine! TO HELL WITH STANFORD!"

by CruzinBears on Oct 28, 2011 2:48 PM PDT reply actions

Can’t even lose to cancer. Furd is fucked.

by mrjpark on Oct 29, 2011 2:01 AM PDT up reply actions

coach uses the word "chagrin"

/bay area elite university coach

Remember, the enemy's end zone is DOWN!

by GoldBlooded on Oct 28, 2011 6:14 PM PDT reply actions

bladder cancer’s somewhat rare…it’s usually the prostate that gets us. Does he have to get chemotherapy as a preventative measure?

"We lose to Stanford in many sports, but if you want to make a Cal team quit, bring a weapon."
--Coach Clark

by carp on Oct 29, 2011 6:33 AM PDT reply actions

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