CANCER SHOCK Hull City star Angus MacDonald, 26, diagnosed with early stages of bowel cancer - 7M sport

CANCER SHOCK Hull City star Angus MacDonald, 26, diagnosed with early stages of bowel cancer

HULL CITY defender Angus MacDonald has been diagnosed with early stage bowel cancer.


Posted Thursday, September 05, 2019 by Thesun.co.uk

The Yorkshire club posted a statement on their website to announce the news regarding the 26-year-old.

CANCER SHOCK Hull City star Angus MacDonald, 26, diagnosed with early stages of bowel cancer
Angus MacDonald has been diagnosed with early stage bowel cancer Credit: Getty Images - Getty

It read: "Hull City are sad to announce that Angus MacDonald has been diagnosed with early stages of bowel cancer.

"Angus has shown great strength of character in the way he has reacted to this news.

"The whole Tigers family join together in showing Angus continued love - and will support him in his recovery.

"His physical and mental wellbeing are our number one priority at this moment in time.

"The Club kindly requests that supporters and the media respect the privacy of Angus and his family at this time.

"Please also note that any further updates on his progress will be provided by the Club."

The news will come as another blow to MacDonald who spent ten months out the game after discovering a blood clot in his calf in September 2018.

Having only recently returned to training after the lay off, MacDonald told Football League World it was the toughest period of his life.

He said: "I can remember it to this day, it was the 7th of September, my leg just started to feel a bit weird the night before after a dog walk, and I woke up the next morning with pain in my right calf.

"I went into the physio room and started laughing, but I could tell by their faces that they weren’t laughing and saw the serious side of it straight away, I got rushed down to hospital, had an MRI scan and straight away got told I’ve got a blood clot in my calf."

CANCER SHOCK Hull City star Angus MacDonald, 26, diagnosed with early stages of bowel cancer
MacDonald previously suffered from a blood clot in his calf Credit: PA:Empics Sport

Given the unusual nature of the injury, MacDonald did not know how long he was going to be out but after ten months out the game he said he was in the best psychological shape he had ever been in.

He added: "It’s been the toughest year of my life, every player wants to play, wants to come into training, every player has setbacks but to not know the end date to when I could come back training was mentally depressing.

"I was unhappy, I didn’t want to get out of bed, couldn’t find anything that made me happy, not that football is the only thing that makes me happy, but I just can’t explain in words how mentally draining it was.

"But now coming back and overcoming that injury, I’m mentally the strongest I’ve ever been."

The 6ft 3ins Englishman previously played for Reading, AFC Wimbledon and Barnsley before making the switch to Humberside in 2018.

MacDonald tweeted only last week to send his thoughts and prayers to former Barcelona manager Luis Enrique whose nine-year-old daughter died of bone cancer.



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