teacher Chris Hoy He talked about the moment his wife Sarah told him she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Cycling legend Hoy revealed last week that he is suffering from a terminal illness. cancer And he was told he would only have two to four years to live.
The 48-year-old cycling legend and six-time Olympic gold medalist. team GBacknowledged in the interview times He said he knew his cancer was terminal for more than 12 months before sharing the news publicly.
Excerpts from Hoy’s autobiography ‘All That Matters’ were later published in the same newspaper.
In the upcoming book, Hoy recalls the moment she found out she had cancer and how she learned Sarra had MS.
Sir Chris Hoy and his wife Sarah pictured at the 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards in Berlin.
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Sarah has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and her husband, 46, is suffering from terminal cancer.
Cycling icon Hoi, pictured in August 2023, believes he has ‘two to four years’ left to live.
He wrote this upon his initial cancer diagnosis: ‘The doctor turns the screen to me and shows me all the details of the scan and the tumor I currently have in my shoulder. I don’t want to see that. It’s almost as if, if you set your eyes on it, it might become more real and terrifying than it already is. I wasn’t quite ready to accept this news yet, so I turned around. How can I do this? It is beyond understanding.
Hearing the word ‘cancer’ had an immediate and profound effect on me and on me. The nurse next to the doctor had tears in her eyes. The moment becomes a blur, and before I know it, I’m up and out of my chair, and the appointment is over. In a short moment, life has changed irrevocably.
‘In these early moments all I can see is this terrible diagnosis and its finality. But Sarra is more optimistic. She holds on to the words “bitch, bitch” and repeats them to me over and over again. Gradually, I became more aware that there was more to the future than I thought.
‘Sarah is the center of my life and has been so since the moment we met many years ago. ‘Within minutes of talking to her on the first evening of my overnight stay in Edinburgh in 2006, I knew she was everything I had been looking for.’
Hoy’s cancer was discovered in September last year after he visited the hospital after feeling strain in his shoulder.
Sir Chris describes his wife as ‘the center of my life and has been so from the moment we met’.
Hoy was photographed attending the Olympic opening ceremony in Paris in July of this year.
Regarding his wife’s medical situation, Hoy added: ‘Sarah’s unwavering love and support for me over the past year is even more amazing considering the circumstances she has faced. Last summer, just before I was diagnosed, her face and tongue started tingling. This led to a GP appointment. They weren’t concerned, but per protocol, they referred Sarra for an MRI. The symptoms disappeared long before my appointment date arrived, which was just seven days after I heard the news I’d been dreading.
‘So she went in for a scan, in shock. She joked that it would soon be spa day, saying she would have a chance to lie down for an hour. She continued to support me completely and completely afterward, leading me to push away all thoughts of her MRI scan since her symptoms were long gone.
‘Then one evening in December, after our children Callum and Chloe had gone to bed, Sarah looked serious and said she had something to tell me. I immediately knew it was a big deal, as Sarah, who had always been strong in all situations, began to break down and struggle to get the words out. “Do you remember that scan I went to?” She started with tear-filled eyes. “Well, they think it might be multiple sclerosis.” I immediately broke down, distraught over the news and the fact that she received it without me.
‘She went on to explain that they called her and told her a month ago. It was so hard to calculate that she had absorbed the awfulness of this diagnosis on her own, without sharing it with me to protect me. I tried to take those words in while my mind was spinning, trying to understand what happened to her as she accompanied me to every trip I took to the hospital.
‘As with my diagnosis, she brought me back to the present and tried to reassure me by saying, “Look at me, I’m fine now, I’m here, I’m fine.”
Hoy and wife Sarah, married since 2010 (photographed in Berlin in February 2020)
Sarra and Sir Chris are the proud parents of two children, son Callum and daughter Chloe.
Sir Chris Hoy pictured after winning two gold medals at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Since Hoi announced the news of his cancer diagnosis, messages of support have been pouring in from many people currently fighting cancer as well as survivors.
Conversations about his diagnosis have already encouraged some men to seek advice about their cancer.
In a video posted Thursday, Hoey said: He was ‘surprised’ by the number of men looking. cancer Advice after he revealed his terminal diagnosis.
His revelation last weekend that he had two to four years to live sparked a huge increase in online searches for the disease.
It reached the highest level since the announcement in February and March. king charles and Princess Kate’s respective diagnoses.
In fact, visits to the MacMillan Cancer Support website were 34% higher than the Sunday average compared to the previous year, with 1,600 online page views about prostate cancer, a 132% increase over typical Sunday web traffic.
The charity believes Hoy’s decision to go public about his diagnosis could now save lives by encouraging people to see a doctor about their symptoms.
“I now have a deep determination to turn this incredibly difficult diagnosis into something more positive,” Hoy said in a video posted to Instagram Thursday.
‘We know that there has been a huge increase in the number of men seeking advice about prostate cancer in the last few days and it gives us great comfort knowing that so many lives can be saved through early screening.’
