35-year-old former Rochdale footballer Joe Thompson is raising £250,000 for cancer treatment after being diagnosed for a third time.
Dale favourite Joe, who also turned out for Tranmere Rovers , Carlisle United and Bury, was cleared of nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma in June 2014 after six months of chemotherapy.after a tumour was found on his chest.
Now Joe, a radio presenter, has revealed he's been diagnosed with cancer again, telling BBC Radio Manchester of the moment he told his eldest daughter with his wife Chantelle.Joe, 35, said: "The cancer's come back for the third time, so far from ideal. It's come back quite aggressive as well, so stage four Hodgkin lymphoma.
"So breathing obviously becomes a problem, going to sleep can be difficult. And just talking can be sometimes quite hard."He said: "I always check and have a little feel around certain areas. And I just noticed that on the right hand side of my neck there was one large lymph node.Joe retired in 2019.The father-of-two said telling his eldest daughter with his wife 'was one of the most difficult conversations ever'.
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