Sir Chris Hoy was diagnosed with prostate cancer in September last year and has since announced his stage four condition is terminal after being given two and four years to live.
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Sir Chris Hoy has told how his treatment for stage four prostate cancer is ‘working’.
Hey48, remains hopeful of defying doctors’ prognosis, who estimated he had two to four years to live. The sixfold Olympic cycling champion was initially diagnosed with cancer in September last year announced last month that his condition was terminal.
After a tumor was discovered on the 48-year-old’s shoulder, scans revealed primary cancer in his prostate, which had spread to his bones. In a devastating turn of events, Hoy’s wife Sarra – mother of their two young children aged ten and seven – was also diagnosed with a ‘very active and aggressive’ form of multiple sclerosis. just weeks after the cyclist.
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But after admitting it has been “to some extent the toughest year of our lives”, the Scot is determined to stay positive and has given an uplifting update on his health.
“Well, the plan right now is to continue what I’m doing in terms of treatment because it’s working,” he said. The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio. “Touch wood – the diagnosis was two to four years, but if you look beyond that it could be many years.”
“There are people who are still there and have been in a similar situation for 20 years. So you know, there is hope. There is hope, and I am very lucky that there is a treatment for me.
“But you also don’t know, it could be less than that. So that’s the goal – ideally to continue for many more years.”
Hoy has opened up about his personal struggles in his memoirs’Everything that matters‘, where he shares insights for people going through difficult times: “It’s a book for anyone going through a difficult time,” he explains. “But you can get through it.”
He emphasizes the importance of resilience, saying, “You have to be able to be quite hard on yourself to say, okay, I’m going to actively choose not to embrace the negative thoughts. I’m actively not going to do that; I’m not going to let them sneak in.”
He recommends focusing on the present: “They will, they will come, but you have to push them away and focus on the here and now,” adding, “You don’t think too far ahead. Know you, the The future doesn’t exist yet. All we have is the present.”
In an interview with the BBC earlier this month, Hoy acknowledged, “I know what the end result will be. No one lives forever. Our time on this planet is finite.
“Don’t waste your time worrying about things that aren’t that important. Focus on the things that are.”
His view on life has changed profoundly. “My outlook on life has changed tremendously,” Hoy said. “I’m more grateful; I’m more grateful for every day.
“It’s been a tough year, and it’s going to be tough going forward, but for now, here and now, we’re doing pretty well.”
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