Track Cycling 2024 Discussion Thread

[PHI2019 262]

Cyclist Sir Chris Hoy announces his cancer is terminal
 

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4dr9xdxgro

[heywoodu 15,135]

Oh wow, says he has '2 to 4 years to live' (in so far doctors can do more than give a rough estimate with these things). Damn.

[copravolley 253]

27 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Oh wow, says he has '2 to 4 years to live' (in so far doctors can do more than give a rough estimate with these things). Damn.

2-4 years is not a short time to enjoy life - the question is what will life be like after 2 years? Will it not be full of pain in hospice and under morphine?

[heywoodu 15,135]

16 minutes ago, copravolley said:

2-4 years is not a short time to enjoy life - the question is what will life be like after 2 years? Will it not be full of pain in hospice and under morphine?

Sure, but if you're 48, you've got two young children and a wife with a very strong form of MS, having 2 years left isn't exactly a great look. And that is, indeed, if those 2 years are somewhat 'healthy' instead of being full with painkillers and such.

[copravolley 253]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Sure, but if you're 48, you've got two young children and a wife with a very strong form of MS, having 2 years left isn't exactly a great look. And that is, indeed, if those 2 years are somewhat 'healthy' instead of being full with painkillers and such.

Sven Goran Eriksson probably had 1 year to live after the diagnosis but it was a good life or so it looked like - he traveled, for example, he was in Rome at the Lazio stadium in the spring. If he felt really bad, he probably wouldn't have traveled. I hope it's similar for Hoy, although unfortunately cancer with metastases to the guests can cause severe pain

[Grassmarket 3,401]

9 hours ago, heywoodu said:

Oh wow, says he has '2 to 4 years to live' (in so far doctors can do more than give a rough estimate with these things). Damn.

Happened to the rock guitarist Wilko Johnson.  He was also given a short time to live but survived for nine years.

[phelps 7,670]

12 hours ago, copravolley said:

2-4 years is not a short time to enjoy life - the question is what will life be like after 2 years? Will it not be full of pain in hospice and under morphine?

my mom was given a 2-month diagnosis with leukemia...she survived 23 months, a few of them even with decent quality of life

 

but I wish you'll never ever get to experience what being a "dead man/woman walking" (or living every single day of that period beside him/her) means 

[Grassmarket 3,401]

More track action this weekend with some big names in action at the London 3 Day.   Day 1 was yesterday, but you can catch up - live streaming via YT at the link.  

 

London 3 Day | October 2024