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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders said he had his bladder removed after he was diagnosed with cancer during a press conference Monday and he said it has changed his lifestyle.
Sanders, 57, said he asked his doctor to put him in touch with someone who had been through the same procedure so he could get advice on how to do the “little things” like going to the bathroom.
“So I contacted this gentleman, ‘OK, let’s take the basics of the bathroom,’ he says, ‘ # 2, you cool, is nothing else about it,'” Sanders said during an interview with Michael Irvin.
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Colorado Buffaloe’s main coach Deion Sanders during the spring match at Folsom Field on April 19, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado. (Isaiah J. Downing-IMAGN PICTURES)
“‘But # 1, you have to push through your stomach and force pee out. As if you can’t just pee. And when you feel like peeing, you have to pee or you start leaking.'”
“Thank God for depends.”
Sanders said sleeping is one of the things that has changed since surgery.
“And it’s a whole challenge, even sleeping, like Mike, you don’t understand, like Sleeping Man, so to start with you going to the towel up under your bed of these mats because you want to pee on yourself,” Sanders said.
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Colorado head coach Deion Sanders, Center, talks about beating bladder cancer during a news conference on Monday, July 28, 2025 in Boulder, Colorado. (Aaron Ontiveroz/Denver Post via AP)
The Pro Football Hall of Famer was reminiscent of his play days while he has gone through the change.
“And you’re sitting up there as if you’re reported as one of the best athletes to play the game, and you’re peeing on yourself, man,” Sanders said.
The Colorado head coach said he also asked the person whom he sought advice on being able to have sex.
Colorado head coach Deion Sanders talks with the media during the 2025 Big 12 Football Media Days at The Star on July 9, 2025 in Frisco, Texas. (Raymond Carlin III-stated images)
“As a man I’m like OK, now, let’s get to the sex,” Sanders said. “And these are some intimate details that I don’t want to pass on, but it’s normal, but it’s not normal.”
The two-time Super Bowl champion also asked if he would be able to handle it through a game in the fall, and decided he needs a port-a potty on the sidelines.
“This is a lifestyle change,” Sanders said.
