Chris Hoy opens up about terminal cancer diagnosis in video message to fansChris Hoy
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00:00Hi everyone, I just wanted to share an update about my health after telling you that I was receiving treatment for cancer.
00:06I'm so grateful to everyone for their incredible kindness and support.
00:12You may have heard by now that I'm ready to share that my cancer is stage 4.
00:16I will be living with it for the rest of my life.
00:19Now it's not the news anyone imagines hearing and it obviously came as a huge shock.
00:25We've taken time to process it as a family and I now have a deep resolve to turn this incredibly difficult diagnosis into something more positive
00:34that can help not just me, but anyone, anywhere living with stage 4.
00:39I'm talking to you now because amidst it all I've made the decision to write it all in a book.
00:43You might wonder why I take on writing a book during such a challenging time.
00:48It's been cathartic and it's a very important part of how I've been able to process this news with my family
00:54and for myself over the past few months.
00:57I wanted to share this in the hope that it might help others in challenging situations too.
01:02The book is called All That Matters and I hope it can provide not only an insight into how a family deals with a diagnosis like mine,
01:10but also remind us that all we have is now.
01:13Not the past, not the future, but where we are in this moment.
01:18It's about hope, how I lost it after the diagnosis and how I found it again.