Swimming five-time olympic champion Nathan Adrian to tell testicular cancer Instagram account.Nathan Adrian has won among other things five olympic gold. AOP

Adrian, 30, says in the long text get its doctor, after all it didn’t seem to be all right.

I should at least get a flu vaccine, so it’s not bad to do.

a Mere vaccination the job of your doctor visit does not really proved. Adrian happened in most of the tests and specialists to see. The diagnosis was harsh:

– unfortunately, I found out that I have testicular cancer.

Treatments have already been started, and a dark cloud in the silver lining would Adrian tell you that the recovery prognosis is good. Return to the pool comes, according to him, already a few weeks away, and the Tokyo olympic project is still relevant. Surgery is front the beginning of next week.

Adrian told you about her situation, because she wants to encourage people to talk about men’s health issues.

I’ve realized that too often we meet to avoid these important topics. We ignore the potential warning signs and postpone the doctor’s help that we may need.

Adrian’s remarkable swimming career, winning five olympic gold medals and no less than ten world championships, two of them on the short track. The gold medals all but one of the are in different posts. Personal olympic gold in the freestyle specialist won the London race of 100 meters from the road.