LA Deuce in Cancer Fight

FTVLive was the first to tell you that Pete Wilgoren was going to be the new Assistant News Director at Fox’s KTTV in LA.

Wilgoren is one of the good guys in the business and right now his health has become more important than the news.

The Fox LA deuce announced that he is battling bladder cancer.

In a blog post, Wilgoren writes that missing covering the election is a tough one for a news junkie life himself.

He then writes, “I’m home recovering from my second TURBT. That’s the trans urethral resection of a bladder tumor. Yes, in a 2020 that was unpredictable and at many times unforgiving, 2020 dealt me an unexpected surprise in Bladder Cancer.

The journey started at the height of the protests last May, I woke up one morning and was faced with something I hadn’t seen before: two bright spots of blood in my urine. I had been feeling a little weird down there and went to get checked out in urgent care. They gave me antibiotics and urged me to follow up with a urologist which I did. It led to a summer of tests and some follow up tests and a camera test called a cystoscopy where right there as I watched, the doctor said, “See that? I believe that’s bladder cancer. And THAT is what caused the bleeding.”

I’m in my mid-40’s with a wife- and two kids in middle school and high school. The doctor asked if I was a life long smoker. I’m not. Did I work in a factory with chemicals. I don’t. And along the way she said something that really stuck with me, “Sometimes it’s just bad luck.””

You can read his full post here and FTVLive wishes him nothing but the best in a speedy recovery.

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