The way Chris Hoy is facing up to his death is a lesson in how to live
The IndependentIt is a strange thing to feel yourself welling up when reading about the illness of someone you don’t know. But I found myself in that situation reading about Chris Hoy’s terminal cancer diagnosis, which he revealed in an interview with the Sunday Times. It’s an outlook that feels almost old-fashioned – looking death in the face is something we’ll all have to do eventually, but the modern way is to imagine we can largely ignore the prospect, and probably be cured when we do get ill. I’m not at all sure it’s a healthy way to live. Chris Hoy has revealed that his prostate cancer has spread and he now has between two and four years left Not that it can always be easy, especially when we all have basic needs that for many people can only be met by the dull grind of an unloved nine to five. Chris Hoy’s openness about his illness is important for so many reasons.
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