Cricket great's cancer returns

New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe at the Dunedin Railway Station last year. Photo by Gregor...
New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe at the Dunedin Railway Station last year. Photo by Gregor Richardson
Cricketing great Martin Crowe has announced on twitter his cancer has returned.

The former New Zealand cricket captain had suffered from lymphoma, which he recovered from in June last year.

However, this morning he wrote to say the disease had returned.

"After a brilliant year of self discovery and recovery I have more work to do. My friend & tough taskmaster Lymphoma is back to teach me."He told Fairfax media that he visited the doctor after suffering back pains and tests revealed the cancer had returned.

"You never beat lymphoma but I was hopeful that after the first episode I might be clear for a few years; I felt very well."

He said he now needed further treatment.

"I feel much wiser and better equipped to deal with the situation than I was last time.

"I'll get stuck into the treatment again with the same resolve and positivity," he told Fairfax.

Crowe is regarded as one of the country's greatest cricketers.

He held the record for New Zealand's highest individual test score of 299 runs for 23 years. It was finally broken by Brendan McCullum earlier this year at the Basin Reserve when he achieved 302 runs.


Lymphoma

*Lymphomas are cancers that affect the lymphatic system.

*It occurs when developing lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, undergo a malignant change and multiply uncontrollably.

*It can develop at any age but the majority of lymphomas occur in people over the age of 50.

*Symptoms can include recurrent fevers, excessive sweating at night, unintentional weight loss, persistent lack of energy, generalised itching.

 

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