OLYMPIC legend Sir Chris Hoy has revealed doctors have given him just four years to live with a terminal cancer diagnosis.
In February, six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris (48) said he was “being treated for cancer”.
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Olympic legend Sir Chris Hoy has two to four years to live Credit: SNS
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Sir Chris with his wife Sarah, who has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis Credit: Getty – Contributor
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Team GB legend diagnosed with terminal cancerCredit: PA
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Sir Chris is Britain’s most decorated OlympianCredit: Getty
Writing on Instagram at the time, he said that the treatment “fortunately is going very well – I’m optimistic, positive.”
But Sir Chris actually knew that cancer was terminal and that treatment was “management”.
He continued to commentate cycling events for the BBC at this year’s Paris Olympics despite his terminal cancer diagnosis.
In September of last year, the star went to the doctor after feeling a stretch in his shoulder.
The tumor was found in his shoulder – before a second scan revealed a primary cancer in his prostate.
The prostate cancer had metastasized to Sir Chris’ bones – including his shoulder, pelvis, ribs, spine and ribs.
Today he revealed that he has terminal cancer and that he has two to four years left to live.
Brave Sir Chris told the Sunday Times: “Unnatural as it may seem, this is nature.
“You know, we’re all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process.
“Remember, am I not happy that there is a medicine I can take that will ward this off for as long as possible.”
Team GB cycling legend Sir Chris and his wife Sarra have two children, seven-year-old Chloe and 10-year-old Callum.
Sir Chris told how he told his children that nobody lives forever, but he hopes to “be here for many, many years”.
He started chemotherapy in November, wearing an extremely painful cold cap to preserve his hair.
The athlete suffered a severe allergic reaction to grueling chemotherapy – but only missed five days of cycling training.
Now he has written a heartbreaking memoir detailing his experience with terminal cancer.
Sir Chris revealed his wife Sarah had been diagnosed with incurable and degenerative multiple sclerosis just weeks before his cancer shock.
The couple chose low-risk but less effective treatments for Sarra’s MS.
Some days Sarra struggles to fit the key in the door, Sir Chris said.
The couple has not yet told their two children about Sarra’s MS diagnosis.
Sir Chris said recording the audio version of his memoir was the hardest thing he had ever done.
The book ends with a message from Sir Chris to his children – which he said will be the words they will listen to when he is gone.
All That Matters: My Toughest Race by Sir Chris Hoy was published on 7th November.
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
Symptoms of prostate cancer may include:
- more frequent need to urinate, often during the night
- need to hurry to the toilet
- difficulty starting to urinate (hesitation)
- straining or prolonged urination
- weak flow
- a feeling that your bladder has not completely emptied
- blood in urine or blood in semen
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