“I’ve come a long way”. He stretched with rookies and select veterans, then joined them when the workout began.
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But Berry can do some good through football, too, and not just by solidifying the Chiefs’ secondary as the franchise attempts to win a playoff game for the first time in more than two decades. He thanked his supporters.
“It’s been a roller-coaster”, he said, “but I wouldn’t change it for the world”.
The time also meant everything to Berry’s father, James. For his career, Gray rushed 24 times for 99 yards, scoring one memorable touchdown against the Miami Dolphins previous year.
Family members and team officials remained optimistic throughout the entire process, and insisted that doctors would have the final say in Berry’s potential return to the NFL. “The two things I could control is my attitude and my effort”. “Sometimes I couldn’t do them”. We should have an answer for you on Eric within a day here. Berry passed on traditional chemotherapy treatments in favor of a method that would allow him to work out.
“That’s part of me now”, Berry said. The Kansas City veterans report on Friday. Right now, were very optimistic that everything is headed in the right direction..
He complained of chest discomfort in a game against the Oakland Raiders in late November last season and a mass was soon discovered in his chest cavity.
“Seeing him out there today”, James Berry said, “it was touching”.
The Chiefs safety underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment in his hometown of Atlanta, per Teicher.
“I had little questions for him and he’d just hit me up with the stuff that he was going through”, Berry explained.
The positive energy was needed on the toughest of days, when even the simplest of actions to most people were anything but to him.
On June 22, Berry was considered cancer free.
Berry underwent several rounds of testing and other procedures to make sure he was medically able.
“He sailed through every test we gave him”, said head trainer Rick Burkholder.
“I have great confidence in the doctors and the plan they are going to put in place for me to win this fight”.
While the Chiefs are optimistic Berry will be ready for the opener September 13 in Houston, his rapid return would not be without precedent.
“Obviously, that’s what we all want to see”, Reid said.
Hall of Fame hockey player Mario Lemieux was diagnosed with the same disease in 1993, went through treatment and ultimately finished his career with the Pittsburgh Penguins. “Whether that’s the beginning or somewhere early in the season for his return, you just have to see and see how things recover, how he recovers there”, Reid said. “I look forward to his continued success as an individual and an athlete”.
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Berry’s specific form of cancer has a better prognosis than some others.
