John Hartson has cancer
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spacemonkey
I Love Noodles
I don't want to put a downer on the news, but cancer like that never really goes away does it? I mean, you go into remission, possibly for years, but I didn't think you were ever cured.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyway, good luck John!
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyway, good luck John!
Ich bin ein Mod
does his make up in his room
Good news for the big man
If you've contracted one type of cancer, in many cases it will be because your body is vulnerable to developing it, so you will always have a greater chance than normal of getting another cancer.
However, I think that for most types of cancers, if you haven't had a relapse within five years of being given the all-clear, you are back to having your normal level of risk of developing cancer again.
V good news re Hartson. Shocking pic, though - he looks about 60.
tom_craggs
Well-Known Member
this is my understanding.
Fantastic news,i didn't think he'd make any kind of recovery from disease that widespread,let alone this quickly.
Good to hear that he's going to use his experience to promote awareness, i look forward to him introducing this thing at Celtic Park. As my brother-in-law said when he was at Goodison, "When they promote awareness of female cancers, they just sell pink ribbons and stuff;if you want to get men to check themselves,you have to get someone to dress up as a giant scrotum to get their attention."
Good to hear that he's going to use his experience to promote awareness, i look forward to him introducing this thing at Celtic Park. As my brother-in-law said when he was at Goodison, "When they promote awareness of female cancers, they just sell pink ribbons and stuff;if you want to get men to check themselves,you have to get someone to dress up as a giant scrotum to get their attention."
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
big bump warning
doing well
back in Wales backroom team
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18670374
doing well
back in Wales backroom team
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18670374
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Fuckin' brilliant.big bump warning
doing well
back in Wales backroom team
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18670374
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
he looks increasingly like a sontaran
TheHoodedClaw
acknowledging ur soup leg
Glad to hear he's healthy enough to be working again. That scar on his napper up there ^^^ I don't remember that from before, so I guess they opened his head up? *shudders*
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
Hartson donates to the hospitals that treated him
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/john-hartson-thanks-medical-staff-8062315
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/john-hartson-thanks-medical-staff-8062315
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
brain, lungs and balls thats sounding terminal.
It just shows how good medical treatment is getting these days. Amazing stuff.
Voley
🐭
Thia is a great story. I liked him as a footballer and he's good on MOTD too. Really pleased he's made such a great recovery.
I was a bit pissed off recently as I went to a work conference and he was the inspirational speaker type fella they have at the end of the whole thing to round things off pleasantly. Work didn't send me on the day he spoke, the bastards. I would've like to shake his hand and say hello. Could've been a lot worse mind, my boss went one year and the speaker they had was Boris Johnsons Dad.
I was a bit pissed off recently as I went to a work conference and he was the inspirational speaker type fella they have at the end of the whole thing to round things off pleasantly. Work didn't send me on the day he spoke, the bastards. I would've like to shake his hand and say hello. Could've been a lot worse mind, my boss went one year and the speaker they had was Boris Johnsons Dad.
