[blueandwhite]

from the Toronto Star:
Three games into his first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Jason Blake has suffered a life-altering blow by revealing he has a form of leukemia.
The 34-year-old winger, who joined the Leafs this summer as a highly touted free agent on a five-year, $20 million contract, broke the news to his teammates yesterday....
Blake will be playing with the Leafs against the Carolina Hurricanes tonight.
Doctors with the Leafs first noticed the condition at the opening of Leafs training camp Sept. 13 when "something showed up" in blood analysis performed as part of a player's pre-camp physical.
The disease, which wasn't fully confirmed to Blake until last Friday, "is a form of leukemia which is a slow-growing cancer of the white blood cells ... and is caused by an abnormal chromosome in cells in the body's bone marrow," team doctors said.
Dr. Bruce Raphael, a hematology specialist...said Blake is right to be so positive about his outcome.
The disease was "uniformly fatal about five or six years ago" but now has a survival rate of 85 to 90 per cent.

Shocking, eh? It was on the news last night. He was at a press conference in tears.
for more info, check out:
TheStar.com | NHL | Leafs' Blake battles leukemia

[ThePundit]

At least it's the "best" type to have. He won't miss any time and more importantly, it sounds like he's going to completely recover.

[EmpireWF]

It's going to be rough and difficult to fight but I assume they found it early. He'll have the support of his fans and teammates so he won't be alone.

[blueandwhite]

Yes they found it early and his prospects are very good and he is incredibly upbeat.