Olympic ice skater Scott Hamilton just underwent brain surgery to remove a recurrence of a benign tumor near his pituitary gland, which first appeared back in 2004, on Wednesday (June 23). Scott should be home next week and is expected to make a full recovery.

“They’re happy with the progress of the entry process, and now [doctors] can begin to get rid of the tumor,” the figure skater’s rep, Michelle Thornbury, tells People of the procedure, which was halfway completed Wednesday morning.

The 51 year-old, who beat testicular cancer back in 1997, discovered he had a benign tumor, called craniopharyngioma in 2004 and chose to treat it with Gamma Knife, a more specific procedure that bombards the tumor with gamma radiation. They were able to destroy the tumor and prevented Scott from going blind.

Scott has been married to his wife Tracie for the past 9 years and the they have two sons, Aiden, 6, and Maxx, 2. We wish Scott a quick and full recovery.

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