Six-time Olympic gold medalist Chris Hoy has revealed he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has “two to four years” to live.
The 48-year-old told the Sunday Times that a scan in September revealed a tumor in his shoulder.
A second scan two days later revealed that the main cancer was in his prostate, and it had since spread to Hui's shoulders, pelvis, hips, ribs and spine, making it stage 4.
Hui announced in February that he was undergoing treatment for the disease.
The 11-time track cycling world champion told the newspaper:
“You know, we're all born and we all die. This is just part of the process.”
He added: “Just say to yourself, aren't I lucky to have a drug that will prevent this for as long as possible?”
The father-of-two said there was “no guarantee” that his chemotherapy would shrink the tumor, but that a “sliding scale” of predictions showed the most promising results.
A quarter of the men who first tried his drug in 2011 are still alive.
Mr Hui, whose grandfather and father both had prostate cancer, added: But for me it's something like, 1 in 4 people! ”
“I believe great things happen all the time,” he added.
The former competitive cyclist revealed in his new book All That Matters that his wife Sarah was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last year.
The couple, who married in 2010 at St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, have a son and a daughter.
Hui wrote about Sarah's diagnosis: Just what? What is going on here? It didn't seem real.
“It was such a big blow when you’re already reeling, and you think it can’t get any worse.
“You literally feel like you're at rock bottom and you realize, oh, I need to get more down. It was brutal.”
Regarding his wife's optimism, he said: “She always said, 'How lucky are we? We both have incurable illnesses, and there are treatments. Not all illnesses are like that. It could be worse.'
