Sir Chris Hoy said he was suffering from terminal cancer and had “two to four years” to live. Sir Chris, 48, revealed earlier this year that he was being treated for an unspecified type of cancer and was “upbeat, positive and surrounded by love”, according to SKY NEWS.
However, the former track cyclist announced in an interview with The Times that his cancer – diagnosed as prostate cancer – was terminal – and that he had “known it for over a year”.
In a memoir of his past year, Sir Chris recounts the moment he heard the news. He described how, after initially being diagnosed with a tumor in his shoulder, doctors discovered a primary cancer in his prostate that had metastasized to his bones.
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In an interview with The Times, the former Team GB cyclist, who became a runner in 2008, said: “Unnatural as it may seem, it is nature. “You know, we are all born and we all die, and this it’s just part of the process.
“Tell me how lucky I am to be able to get the medicine that will keep this disease at bay as long as possible.”
Sir Chris, originally from Scotland, told The Times he had two to four years to live.
