Source: TheGuardian
Hull's Angus MacDonald on surviving cancer: 'I felt there was no way back'
The defender, ready to return when football stopped, on his journey and learning his girlfriend Alexandra Burke’s dance moves“In my head that was me hanging my boots up – maybe not right there and then, but I felt like there was no way back for me,” says Angus MacDonald of what in August, at a hospital in Sheffield, he could not help but perceive was the beginning of the end of his football career.“As soon as the doctor said: ‘You have bowel cancer,’ that was it. I don’t remember too much of the appointment after that. I switched off and went numb. Luckily, I had the physio from the club with me and he took all of the information in because I sat back in my chair staring out of the window thinking: ‘How long have I got?’” Related: How Sonny Pike, the wonderkid who fell to earth, is guiding young players Continue reading......read full article