Eagles WR Jeremy Maclin is finally talking after weeks of the team closely guarding the condition of his health, which has kept him off the field for all of training camp.
Maclin told FOXSports.com that doctors were worried he'd contracted lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. But after undergoing further tests, all is well.
"That's first and foremost, I want everyone to know I'm fine, I'm healthy," Maclin said.
"I was tested for everything, and everyt single test came back negative. I don't have mono, I don't have AIDS, leukemia -- all the things people were guessing on, there was nothing. I was being tested for lymphoma and thank God everything has come back negative.
"I wanted my privacy on this until I had answers. I don't like to talk unless I have all the answers about what I'm talking about. It was frustrating to hear all the rumors about me. It wasn't until this morning (Wednesday) that I finally got my final answer and thankfully I'm healthy and ready to return to football."
Maclin has undergone various tests over the last five months (much of it during the lockout) after experiencing weight loss and anemia.
He was told his lymph nodes were "enlarged and hot" on his birthday (May 11), a possible signal of lymphoma.
"That's nothing anyone ever wants to hear," said Maclin. "That's a hard time -- the thought that at any given time you can get that call that they found cancer. It was eating away at me, and it was hard for me to hide.
"I wanted to keep it private until I knew for sure what was going on, and the Eagles were amazing. They were one of the only ones who knew. My relationship with them is more than professional. They were like family during this."
Maclin also is getting over what he termed an "inflammatory virus" which has most recently kept the 2009 first-rounder off the field. Now he's just eager to return to it.
"Man, I don't wish this on anybody. I look back at my whole life, I've already gone through so much. I already appreciate where I am and appreciate the game of football. I can't wait to get back out there and just resume my normal life."
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