Fresh health setback for NZ great Cairns with cancer diagnosis
New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns revealed Saturday he has suffered a further health setback and has been diagnosed with bowel cancer.
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Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns diagnosed with bowel cancer
New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said on Saturday that he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, five months after suffering a spinal stroke following emergency heart surgery. The 51-year-old had undergone life-saving treatment for a torn artery and suffered a spinal stroke in late August that left him paralysed from the waist down. Cairns was discharged last week after 141 days of inpatient treatment at the University of Canberra Hospital and was told about his latest health setback on Friday following a routine check. "I was told yesterday I have bowel cancer... big shock and not what I was expecting after what was supposed to be a routine checkup," Cairns wrote on Instagram.
Chris Cairns diagnosed with bowel cancer
Former New Zealand allrounder Chris Cairns has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, five months after suffering a spinal stroke following emergency heart surgery.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Cairns diagnosed with bowel cancer
Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns said on Saturday that he has been diagnosed with bowel cancer, five months after suffering a spinal stroke following emergency heart surgery.
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