Sir Chris Hoy

[fossyant]

Dreadful news.

 

[november4]

So sad, a good man.

Lost an uncle to prostrate cancer, which was caught too late, another one got checkup and op because of it and survived.

Because of the family history, I get annual bloodwork checked privately, it doesn't cost that much, and can pickup changes. There are psa only home test kits, but not sure how reliable as finger pin prick.
Lots of doctors on this site, not me.

 

[mjr]

,I had to Google it to check as I was watching a perfectly healthy looking Sir Hoy on the telly last night ,

Gosh, it's almost like you can't tell who has an incurable illness by sight, isn't it? If Hoy drills that through some people's thick skulls, he'll hve done another fantastic thing.

Very sad to learn this, though.

 

[Cathryn]

Gosh, it's almost like you can't tell who has an incurable illness by sight, isn't it? If Hoy drills that through some people's thick skulls, he'll hve done another fantastic thing.

A little harsh, eh?

 

[Adam4868]

Devastating news ☹️

 

[mickle]

Very very sad news.

I'm really keen to participate in his proposed charity bike ride, the 'Tour de 4'. It's very early days yet so not much info, beyond the fact that he wants it to start at the Hoy velodrome in Glasgow and end in Edinburgh, the city of his birth.

My long held desire to cycle tour in Scotland was frustrated twice, first by the Covid lockdown and then by my leukaemia diagnosis. Fingers crossed, by next summer I'll have recovered enough to be able to do the Td4.

My parents were born in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and both died of cancer. Which adds another level of motivation to do it.

You can be kept up to date with plans for the charity bike ride by emailing:
hello@tgisport.com

 

[mjr]

A little harsh, eh?

Probably. More than half a lifetime of dumb comments about one's appearance and health mismatching does that.

 

[PK99]

I'm feeling a bit wobbly and emotional today.
See: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/my-prostate-cancer-journey-and-why-you-should-get-tested.292786/

Chris Hoy's tragedy is the failure of the NHS to prioritise testing for "Under-age" men with a family history.
His terminal diagnosis is cruel and unnecessary.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-...rostate-check-waste-time-had-might-alive-now/

 

[Drago]

I wasn't going to say anything for now but I'm currently in that uncomfortable netherworld between finding a lump on my plums and the GP putting me on the two week referral track, and getting an actual scan date.

I'm trying to remain positive until I actually know something, and having a sheety cold is keeping my mind off it.

 

[mickle]

I wasn't going to say anything for now but I'm currently in that uncomfortable netherworld between finding a lump on my plums and the GP putting me on the two week referral track, and getting an actual scan date.

I'm trying to remain positive until I actually know something, and having a sheety cold is keeping my mind off it.

I've had the bollock cancer in 1990. If you were able to choose a cancer its the *best* one. I've also had a bollock cancer scare, which turned out to be a cyst, but I lost the bollock anyway. I hope it doesn't come to it, but I can assure you that living without one or both bollocks is just like regular life, except easier to cross your legs.

 

[bruce1530]

I'm feeling a bit wobbly and emotional today.
See: https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/my-prostate-cancer-journey-and-why-you-should-get-tested.292786/

I'm also feeling quite strange today. I've been through the prostate cancer journey, first detected a year and a half ago, fortunately detected very early, surgery last September, and got the first "all clear" last November. I'm one of the lucky ones,. As PK99 says, testing for the common mens cancers should be routine. Devastated for Hoy and his family.
I'm speaking soon at a "mens health" event at work - the organisers are keen to have a "lived experience" speaker. I had the talk planned in my head - not sure what I'll be saying now.

 

[bruce1530]

I'm really keen to participate in his proposed charity bike ride, the 'Tour de 4'. It's very early days yet so not much info, beyond the fact that he wants it to start at the Hoy velodrome in Glasgow and end in Edinburgh, the city of his birth.

What a great initiative. I'd like to be there too.

 

[matticus]

This is one of the saddest pieces of news I can remember about an athlete. The phrase "it seems so unfair" just keeps barging into my mind - yet Chris + Sarra seem to be dealing with it like .. well words fail me. What an amazign pair they are.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/terminally-ill-sir-chris-hoys-30185430

(I'm still only 2/3rds thru watching the World Track Championshipts, and it's now a very tough watch when Chris is on-screen. A true gentleman of the sport.)

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

Shocking and sad news.

 

[Beebo]

It’s awful news. But also a long standing thread here.
https://www.cyclechat.net/threads/sir-chris-hoy.296240/