Photo credit: LinkedIn
Chris Cairns, a Former New Zealand allrounder has said that his chemotherapy is coming to an end. He mentioned that there are still three-five years before it can be confirmed that he’s cancer free.
Notably, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer earlier this year right after he started healing from difficulties that arose during heart surgery.
Advertisement
During the surgery, he also underwent an aortic dissection which put him on life support. He again underwent a stroke in his spine which resulted in paralysis in his legs.
Advertisement
Right after being released, Cairns made a stunning revelation about him having cancer. “I’ve got about six weeks to go on a six-month course of chemotherapy,” he said. “They were initially looking at intravenous but one of the side effects was of that is a loss of feeling in the legs. They didn’t want to go near that so I’m on a medicated tablet form of chemo. I must say I’ve never felt so listless and so unmotivated off the back of that but it’s doing what it’s meant to be doing.”
“Everything is tracking as it should be but we won’t know subsequently until three to five years with regards to if it’s left the body completely but at this stage, it was detected early which was great, so now it’s about going through the process and getting things done,” he added.
Cairns, New Zealand in 62 Tests, 215 ODIs, and two T20Is. Regarding the same, he said that he feels lucky to have a support group in his family and tries to keep a positive mindset.
Cairns said since his heart attack fellow cricketers Shane Warne and Andrew Symonds have both passed away. It made him realize how lucky he was. Cairns is also working with The John Ritter Foundation which is named after the actor who passed away in 2003 due to an acute thoracic aortic dissection that was misdiagnosed.
Advertisement
