James Van Der Beek is staying constructive whereas speaking about his stage 3 colon most cancers … saying when he first bought the prognosis, he truthfully thought it is perhaps the most effective factor that ever occurred to him.

It’s a shocking take, for positive … however the “Dawson’s Creek” alum defined all of it on “Immediately” Friday, saying the prognosis pressured him to make way of life modifications he seemingly wouldn’t have made in any other case.

James says these modifications are already setting him up for happier, more healthy years forward … and the prognosis was the wake-up name he wanted to decelerate and pay nearer consideration to what he’s placing in his physique.

General, James says most cancers has introduced him nearer to God … and he provides main credit score to his spouse, Kimberly Van Der Beek, the mom of his six youngsters, for standing by him by way of all of it.