John Hartson has cancer.

[Lady Whistledown]

I don't get it, half you lot talk about little else than your meat & two veg yet so many men don't pick up that there's anything wrong until it's at an advanced stage. As I understand it, male cancers are statistically diagnosed a lot later than many female specific tumours.

Either you aren't quite as active as you'd like us all to think, or you're too afraid/embarrassed to get checked out.

Not worth getting embarrassed about, is it? Really?

 

[pyi]

You never know.He might be lucky.

Keep the faith

 

[brakespear]

g'luck to John, hope he pulls through.

I have actually been to have suspicious lumps in that area checked out, and, whilst moderately embarassing, was well worth doing in the long run.

 

[John Boy]

I'm really hoping that John pulls though. Not only did I admire him playing for Celtic, but he said on talksport that he and his son have season tickets at Swansea, so he's just a normal football fan like the rest of us

 

[The Wizard]

SSN reporting it has also spread to his Lungs.

 

[Ernest]

SSN reporting it has also spread to his Lungs.

Also said he has had brain surgery, doesn't sound too good

 

[SurreySeagulls]

Doesn't sound good. This just taken from BBC

Hartson critical after surgery

Former Wales, Arsenal and Celtic striker John Hartson who is fighting testicular cancer is in a critical condition in hospital.

Doctors have confirmed that the cancer which had already spread to his brain, has now been diagnosed in his lungs.

The 34-year-old, capped by Wales 51 times, was diagnosed at the weekend.

He was transferred to Morriston Hospital in Swansea on Tuesday and underwent emergency surgery and is now receiving round-the-clock care.

 

[Al Bion]

Horrible news, hope he pulls through

 

[Gritt23]

It is sounding dreadful. REALLY hope he makes a strong recovery, but the fear is they are still finding organs it has spread to.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

Only need to read Lance Armstrong's story to know there's still hope even at this stage.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Lung Cancer 5% survival rate after 5 years. Added to the Brain Cancer in all fairness and terrible to say but he has weeks not months to live I am afraid.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Lung Cancer 5% survival rate after 5 years. Added to the Brain Cancer in all fairness and terrible to say but he has weeks not months to live I am afraid.

 

[Gav1901]

BBC NEWS | Wales | Hartson told cancer also in lungs

Just getting worse

 

[Silent Bob]

Lung Cancer 5% survival rate after 5 years. Added to the Brain Cancer in all fairness and terrible to say but he has weeks not months to live I am afraid.

But he doesn't have lung cancer.

 

[BHAFC4EVER]

But he doesn't have lung cancer.

But the cancer has spread to his lungs.

 

[Silent Bob]

But it's still not lung cancer.

 

[User removed 4]

But it's still not lung cancer.

well what is it then ?

 

[Alex Alex Dawson oo! oo!]

well what is it then ?

A secondary metastasis as, it appears, is the brain tumour.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

As many have said, it isn't lung cancer, it's testicular cancer - the cancer is always described from its primary source. If it spread to his brain, it's not surprising that it's in his lungs as well, it may well be in other places. I'm surprised they've done surgery, I presume it's to relieve symptoms.

 

[Gritt23]

Whatever you call it, it's spread a lot, and that's got to be a bad sign, and badly affect his chances of getting through this.