The Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek introduced he’s promoting memorabilia to assist cowl the “costly” therapy prices for his current colorectal most cancers prognosis.
Van Der Beek, additionally identified for the movie Varsity Blues, made the announcement on Instagram final week, practically three weeks after revealing his sickness in an interview with People.
The Connecticut actor shared pictures on Instagram sporting a Varsity Blues jersey whereas holding a soccer, introducing newly launched merch to lift funds.
“100% of my internet proceeds will go to households recovering from the monetary burden of most cancers (together with my very own 😇),” he wrote on Instagram.
The signed jerseys function the identify of his character, quarterback Jonathan “Mox” Moxon, from the 1999 movie. Unsigned jerseys are priced at $40, whereas autographed shirts can be found for $80.
Early final month, Van Der Beek informed People, “I’ve colorectal most cancers. I’ve been privately coping with this prognosis and have been taking steps to resolve it with the assist of my unimaginable household. There’s purpose for optimism, and I’m feeling good.”
Van Der Beek is finest identified for his position as Dawson Leery within the US teen drama sequence from 1998 to 2003 and for enjoying a fictional model of himself in Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23, in CSI: Cyber because the FBI agent Elijah Mundo, and as Matt Bromley within the first season of the FX drama Pose.
Despite his prognosis, the 47-year-old has continued working, just lately showing in an episode of Walker (the reboot of Walker, Texas Ranger) and can star within the upcoming movie Sidelined: The QB and Me.
Van Der Beek’s have to promote memorabilia to afford most cancers therapy highlights the acute prices of the US healthcare system. Despite spending virtually twice as a lot on healthcare per individual than peer nations, Americans battle to afford medicines, and uninsured individuals typically delay care and threat worsening their situations.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), the well being legislation popularly often known as Obamacare, helps cowl important well being advantages, together with most cancers therapy and follow-up care, however protection for most cancers therapies varies primarily based on non-public well being plans.
Bowel most cancers develops within the giant gut and may unfold to different elements of the physique. Rates of colorectal most cancers are rising quickly amongst individuals of their 20s, 30s and 40s, whereas incidence is declining in individuals over the age of 65, in response to a report revealed by the American Cancer Society in January.
