The Linfield defender admits he is 'lucky to be alive' following cancer diagnosis in December 2021
Linfield defender Ross Larkin admits he doesn't know if he will ever play football again following a life-threatening brain tumour.At the time Larkin's club Linfield issued a statement saying the he was in hospital for a "procedure".Larkin, from Newry in Co Down, admits he is lucky to be alive following the discovery of the tumour 15 months ago."Thank God I had that surgery and it was successful," Larkin told the BBC.
He lost peripheral vision and was taken to hospital where the initial prognosis was that he had suffered a stroke.Initially it was feared the tumour was untreatable, but he underwent surgery on Christmas Eve before embarking on a course of daily radiotherapy and then chemotherapy. "But I got through it and am stronger for it now. I feel so thankful to everyone for being so good to me."
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