Chicago Reporter Mike Lowe, 44, Reveals Stage 3 Colon Cancer Diagnosis [Video]

Beloved Chicago reporter Mike Lowe shared Thursday that he’s been diagnosed with colon cancer, and is taking part in a clinical trial at Northwestern Medicine.

The WGN reporter used a little humor to tell fans in his Instagram post: “Cancer sucks, but it’s growing on me.”

He continued, “I wanted to let you know that I was diagnosed with Stage 3(c)/N+ colon cancer, and I’ll be participating in a clinical trial with Northwestern Medicine. I’ll be undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for about six months prior to surgery.”

Lowe wrote that “Stage 3 is serious (Chadwick Boseman, the actor who played the title character in Black Panther died from Stage 3 colon cancer), but I’m staying 100 percent positive. I’ve got a great team of doctors, all of whom say this could be a curable cancer.”

As the National Cancer Instituteexplains, at Stage 3C, the “cancer has spread through …