Sir Chris Hoy says ‘selfless’ wife Sarah kept MS diagnosis secret during her cancer treatment UK News

Sir Chris Hoy has said his “selfless” wife Sarah kept his multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis a secret as he dealt with his prostate cancer treatment.

sir chrisThe 48-year-old, one of Britain’s most successful Olympians, revealed last weekend that he has prostate cancer exposure in February, now stage 4and he has “Two to four years” to live.

In an extract from his memoir, All That Matters: My Toughest Race Yet, published in The Sunday Times, the track cyclist said his “selfless” wife, Sarah, kept him unwavering as he faced “this complete crisis in the middle of me”. Had shown support. own”.

A week later, Sara went for a routine MRI scan. cancer Diagnosed after experiencing a tingling sensation in his face and tongue.

Sir Chris said he joked that it was “a chance for them to lie around for an hour” and “as close as they got to a spa day”.

After the scan she continued to support me “completely” and thought no more about it, as her symptoms disappeared.

But he revealed that his wife, who was “always very strong”, was “struggling to get the words out” when he broke the news of his diagnosis to her in December.

With “eyes full of tears”, she asked him if he remembered the scan and said “‘They think it might be multiple sclerosis”.

The six-time Olympic gold medalist “instantly broke down”, she said, “upset by both the news and the fact that she had received it without me there”.

She had known for more than a month, she wrote in the memoir, “It was so hard to calculate that she had absorbed the horror of this diagnosis alone, without sharing with me, to protect me.

“My mind was spinning, trying to understand what was happening to her, while she accompanied me to every appointment at my hospital.”

MS is a chronic condition that affects the brain and spinal cord and cannot be cured, but medications and other treatments can help reduce symptoms including extreme fatigue, vision problems, and difficulty walking or balancing. Are included.

Sir Chris wrote: “I couldn’t believe what I was hearing; Sarah, so fit and healthy, capable and healthy, was having this complete crisis in the middle of my crisis.

Later that month, Sarah was told that her condition was “very active and aggressive”, meaning she needed treatment “very quickly”.

He could not understand how she was able to “take this news so strongly”.

Sir Chris describes his wife as “the center of my life”, and writes that within minutes of meeting her in 2006 he knew that “she is everything I was looking for”.

The couple were married four years later and have two children, seven-year-old Chloe and 10-year-old Callum.

He said in his book: “Sarah has amazed me with what she has endured. She has supported and encouraged me every step of the way, but rarely speaks about her symptoms.”

On Thursday, Sarah posted on social media that she was “completely overwhelmed” by the “kind, thoughtful and helpful messages” following her husband’s announcement and called him a “real-life superhero.”