“He was smart to delay talking about his diagnosis and the surgery for over a year to give us all a little time to make peace with it and let all of our very intense fears kind of dissipate a little bit.
“We’re proud of him that he was brave enough to not only go through all the things that he needed to do to take care of his health, but to share it with the world and hopefully save other people,” Union continued.
Wade also shares two children, Zaire, 22, and Zaya, 17, with ex-wife Siovaughn Funches and 10-year-old son, Xavier, with ex Aja Metoyer.
“Obviously, at 41 years old, [I’m a] pretty healthy guy that did have cancer,” the former athlete said.
Gabrielle Union has given an update about her husband Dwyane Wade’s cancer.
