Already, the wife of Blackhawks security director Brian Higgins got a colonoscopy after Olczyk got sick and was diagnosed with colon cancer, and he has heard hundreds of similar stories since going public. The hockey community and the horse racing community, it helped me get through.” “But you’ve got to fight and that’s what I was able to do with incredible support from my circle. “You just have a plan and you’ve got to live day to day and you’ve got to overcome some pretty big potholes and adversity,” he said. While announcing he was cancer-free, “Eddie O” said “we did it” because of the support all around him. Olczyk played 16 NHL seasons, coached parts of two with the Pittsburgh Penguins during their down years and went on to become a broadcaster for the Chicago Blackhawks and NBC Sports, working hockey and his other sports love, horse racing. How much did Ed Olczyk weigh when playing Ed Olczyk weighed 207 lbs (93 kg) when playing. How tall is Ed Olczyk Ed Olczyk is 6-1 (185 cm) tall. Where was Ed Olczyk born Ed Olczyk was born in Chicago, Illinois. When was Ed Olczyk born Ed Olczyk was born on August 16, 1966. Not only physically, but mentally and psychologically it takes its toll.” How old is Ed Olczyk Ed Olczyk is 56 years old. “I’m way tougher than I ever thought I was because chemotherapy and having the disease really tests your will to live.
“You feel less, you feel weak, you feel like you’ve let everybody down - family, friends, employers,” Olczyk said. Olczyk, now 53, hopes to be a cautionary tale about early detection and an inspiration to those fighting cancer that, “If that old broken down hockey player can do it, well, I can do it, too.” He’s not afraid to share the roller coaster of emotions he went through from his diagnosis in July 2017 through to the present, where he’s still scared because cancer could always return.
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Now more than 24 months since being declared free of the disease, Olczyk is the NHL’s 2019 Hockey Fights Cancer ambassador and released a book, “Beating the Odds in Hockey and in Life” to tell his story. After playing more than 1,100 NHL games, Olczyk only figured out how tough he really was after battling and beating cancer.
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