Arrows David Ramsey Reveals Cancer Diagnosis Fight

The actor David Ramsey revealed this week that he had waged an under-the-radar battle against earlier in his career.

Ramsey, 54, shared on Monday's episode of Michael Rosenbaum's Inside Of You podcast that he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer years earlier.

The Arrow actor — whose costar courted controversy with his — delved into how he had to go through surgery and chemotherapy treatments to combat the condition, and he ultimately lost a testicle to the disease.

During Ramsey's conversation with Rosenbaum, he reflected on why he had never divulged his diagnosis until now. 

'I mean, listen, there’s a part of my personality that’s, in general, a little more, kind of, laid back and "Hey, as it comes it comes and I’m enjoying it. I love it. Period, no problem." That’s how I see the world and it’s worked for me,' he explained, via Just Jared. 'I think that’s kind of reflected in me not really sharing the story.'

He added that it wasn't that he didn't 'want to' tell his tale.

'It’s just not really my personality,' he clarified. 'Now, in more recent years, there’s an uptick in testicular cancer, there’s an uptick in cancer in general, and I should talk about this more.'

Ramsey explained that he first saw there was a problem because he was 'kickboxing a lot,' and he noticed that 'one of the testes was significantly smaller than the other.' 

'Now that’s true no matter what. They’re not the same,' Ramsey continued. 'It’s like the side of your face, right? They don’t match, right? So that’s real no matter what. 

He first noticed that one of his testicles was smaller than the other and saw a doctor, but after eight and half years of monitoring, one suddenly swelled up to the size of his first; Amell (L) is pictured with (L–R) Italia Ricci, Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell