Chris Hoy, the British track cycling legend, has revealed he has stage 4 cancer and was told he had two to four years to live. His cancer had spread through his body by the time it was picked up when he went to have a shoulder injury checked.
He believed he had strained his shoulder lifting weights at the gym but was told he had a tumour. Further tests revealed his cancer had spread through his body into his bones.
In an interview with The Sunday Times, the father of two said his primary cancer was traced to his prostate and had metastasised to his bones, including his spine and hips.
He got his diagnosis a year ago and has said he has been having chemotherapy. During his of initial treatment, his wife Sarra was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis - which is incurable and degenerative - after going for checks when she felt a tingle in her face.
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Hoy said his chemotherapy carried “no guarantee” of shrinking his tumours but had made them as small as the most optimistic outlook. And of the men who had trialed the same treatment as him back in 2011, a quarter were still alive.
“One in four may sound like a terrible stat. But to me that’s like… one in four,” he told The Sunday times, adding by the time his tumours regrew, other medical treatments may have emerged.
“I do have faith that there are amazing things happening all the time," he said, also explaining that his wife was undergoing treatment for her MS, opting for low-risk but less effective options.
You can read the full interview by following this link.
