New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert Resumes Radiation for ‘New Small Spot in My Back’: ‘Thankful That I’m Still in the Fight’

New Found Glory guitarist and singer, Chad Gilbert, is resuming crab curen aft discovering a “small spot successful my back.”

The pop-punk stalwart, 44, shared that he’s opening a caller people of radiation arsenic portion of his ongoing curen for a uncommon adrenal gland crab known arsenic metastatic pheochromocytoma that successful Gilbert’s case, had dispersed to his spine and lungs. 

The “My Friends Over You” vocalist shared that he’s moving nan treatments astir his band’s ongoing gig opening for The Offspring, writing, “I prevention each power for nan sets and nan time aft it’s truthfully difficult to walk. After a time aliases truthful I’m backmost ready,” successful an Instagram post. “Anyone retired location struggling. Always conscionable do your best.”

He shared that while he was starting “a caller information of Radiation ... connected a caller mini spot successful my back,” nan aesculapian setback was “just a bump successful nan road. Everyone connected my awesome wellness squad are very affirmative astir it. Send prayers up that we zap this point to oblivion.”

Gilbert later shared a photo of himself going “from stone to radiation,” arsenic he posed connected nan radiation table. “It’s scary, it sucks, and I wish it weren’t a portion of my life. But truthfully, done nan hardships travel caller outlooks, gratitude, positivity, and a freeing caller measurement to spot life. I’m thankful that I’m still successful nan conflict and look guardant to putting this force to remainder for good.”

After radiation, he posted his “post curen celebratory purchase” — a vintage wrestling fig — from Nashville’s Totally Rad Collector’s Emporium.

The erstwhile TRL champion wrote, “I promote everyone going done affectional struggles to find joyousness successful nan elemental things and nan nosy moments you mightiness not person knowledgeable without your struggle. We study from it all. Give yourself a break.”

He thanked his fans for nan support, sharing while he mightiness not reply to each nan messages, he doesn’t “take immoderate of them for granted.” “Most group aren’t fortunate capable to person fans who scope retired pinch benignant messages,” wrote Gilbert.

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