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Privacy NoticeSix-time Olympic gold medalist Sir Chris Hoy has heartbreakingly shared that he is facing terminal cancer, while his wife Sarra is battling an aggressive form of Multiple Sclerosis. And, at 48, the former track cycling champion has admitted his big fear is that his children, Callum, age 9, and Chloe, age 6, may discover their dad’s fate through playground chit-chat, with fears of them overhearing comments such as: “I saw your daddy on the news last night and he’s going to die.” To shield his little ones from this harsh reality, Sir Chris and his family have decided on a two-week half-term getaway, hoping that upon their return, the commotion around his health will have subsided. Despite wanting to protect them, Sir Chris is bracing himself for the scenario they might learn about it and candidly admits: “You know what? It may happen. If it does, we will deal with it.”
Sir Chris admitted he was concerned that his young children would hear chatter about his terminal cancer from kids in the playground
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The Hoy family has had frank discussions with the kids about Chris’ cancer ordeal, however, information about Sarra’s MS condition remains undisclosed for the moment. Discussing the double blow in his new autobiography, ‘All That Matters,’ Chris recounts the moment Sarra received her diagnosis, revealing: “Another scan just before Christmas confirmed that Sarra had ‘very active and aggressive’ MS and needed urgent treatment.” Facing the stark adversity, Chris describes his turmoil: “It’s the closest I’ve come to, like, you know, why me? Just, what? What’s going on here? It didn’t seem real. It was such a huge blow, when you’re already reeling. You think nothing could possibly get worse.”, reports the Mirror. Struggling with the enormity of their situation, Chris gives a raw account, saying: “You literally feel like you’re at rock bottom, and you find out, oh no, you’ve got further to fall. It was brutal.”
Chris and his wife have both found themselves in the fight of their lives over incurable illnesses
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Chris’s children Callum and Chloe were just nine and six when he first received his cancer diagnosis. The champion cyclist shared how he struggled breaking the news to them. He remembered Callum’s initial response was “Are you going to die?| to which Chris reassured him by saying “no-one lives forever” but expressed his hope “to be here for many, many years”. When Chris started chemotherapy, Callum kept asking if his dad would ‘lose his hair’. To keep his illness hidden as long as possible and for his son’s sake, Chris braved the pain of a cold cap, which he described as “is like your head being in a vice”, for six rounds of chemotherapy over 18 weeks. Despite staring at a future full of fear and uncertainty, the retired sportsman is committed to raising awareness and “change the perception of stage 4 cancer”. Sir Chris disclosed that he has been given a life expectancy of two to four years. Initially, he thought he had a gym injury in his shoulder and went to the doctor, only to be diagnosed with prostate cancer that had spread to form tumours in his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and ribs.Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterMore OnOlympicsIn the News
