Matt Millen is grateful but at the same time seems almost amused at the level of concern over his health.
Diagnosed with amyloidosis more than a year ago, Millen has completed 38 rounds of chemotherapy and at some point will need a heart transplant. The disease produces amyloids, a protein formed in bone marrow that attacks his heart.
The chemo was to slow the disease, not cure it. So far, so good. Good enough for Millen to join the Raiders’ preseason broadcast booth along with play-by-play announcer Beth Mowins and former quarterback Rich Gannon.
“Heck, that’s not work,” Millen said Tuesday in a phone interview.