SLICKR392 Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Tony Greig, the former England captain, has been diagnosed with a form of lung cancer and will undergo a biopsy later this week to determine at what stage the disease is at and what the required course of action would be. "I have had a few scrapes in my life and this is another one," Greig told the Sunday Telegraph. "[His wife] Vivian and I are going to put the boxing gloves on and fight this like we've never fought anything before." Doctors found a lesion on Greig's right lung earlier this month, prompting tests that revealed he had cancer. Greig, who is currently a well-known television commentator, was initially diagnosed with bronchitis in May. His condition did not improve and tests following the World Twenty20 revealed that he has a lesion on his right lung. On his return to Australia from the tournament, he had "a lot of fluid" drained from the lung, and further testing revealed he had cancer. Greig said he was unsure if he will be working over the Australian summer, as commentator, with Channel Nine: "At this stage, the summer is totally up in the air. My priority, 100%, is my family. They will come first." http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/current/story/587398.html :pray:
Sandeep99 Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Irrespective of your hatred for India, get well soon Tony
Lord Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 get well soon man,wats with sportspersons n cancer,its too common ti be a coincidences
Pagalpanti Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Whats with so many cricketers being diagnosed with cancers? Hope he gets well soon.
King Tendulkar Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Yeah all the cricket stuff is just fun. Put that to oneside. Best of luck greig
EnterTheVoid Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 ****, that is so sad. Get well soon Tony, praying for your speedy recovery
vayuu1 Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 As much as we hate u Tony , we wish u a speedy recovery.
mr cricket Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Jesus, what is up with cricketers and cancer? First Yuvraj, then Crowe and now Greig. So scary. Hope he gets well soon.
Desi Cartman Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Jesus, what is up with cricketers and cancer? First Yuvraj, then Crowe and now Greig. So scary. Hope he gets well soon. I wasn't aware of the fact till I heard this on TV "one in 4 Americans will get cancer". It's very scary
The Outsider Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Party time for desis on twitter? Hope he makes a quick recovery. From the little I know lung cancer has become curable unless it's a last stage diagnosis with very good success rates.
Rohit S. Ambani Posted October 20, 2012 Posted October 20, 2012 Tony Greig and wife Vivian with their children Tom and Beau and Tony's now-adult children Mark Greig and Sam Kennedy at their home in Vaucluse.
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