Dalglish & Keegan’s Biggest Battle

[miller0863]

Sad news as both are fighting cancer with Keegan’s being stage four.

Such sad news, if you have a God, pray for them both.

[miller0863]

Former Liverpool player and manager Sir Kenny Dalglish has confirmed he is undergoing treatment for cancer

Dalglish, who has been both a player and twice manager of the Reds, shared the news on social media on Tuesday morning having earlier prompted speculation over his health.
“As my inadvertent social media post has indicated, I am currently undergoing treatment for cancer,” said the 75-year-old. “Unlike my mobile phone use, the treatment is going well.

“Ideally, this would have remained private because that’s the way it should be, but my useless technology skills have forced my hand.
“Obviously I did not mean to make this matter public so I would appreciate it if the privacy of my family and myself are respected.

“As ever, thank you to the wonderful medical staff who have shown incredible care and discretion, not just for me but for many, many others. They are a credit to themselves.”
A Liverpool club statement said: "The support, best wishes and love of everyone at Liverpool FC are, and will be, with Sir Kenny and his family. The club would also like to underscore his request for privacy moving forward."

The news comes just a day after Kevin Keegan, the man who Dalglish was bought to replace in the Liverpool team in 1977, revealed he has been diagnosed with stage four cancer.

[jozza800]

Just fucking awful.

[Martyboy]

Sad news..They're both 75 these days,sadly as we get older there's more chance of this horrible thing happening....I'm old enough to remember the back end of '75/76 and then '76/77 when Keegan was the man and then the transition into Kenny's years at Liverpool...Fantastic years to be a fan....Legends both...Fingers crossed for them....

[teesred]

God bless them both. Fingers crossed for a full recovery for them.

[justme]

With modern medicine, you can live years with stage 4 cancer,,I hope they both have many years ahead. I'm sure they will

[CCTV]

Great lives, going out on your own pain is part of life.

[jozza800]

With modern medicine, you can live years with stage 4 cancer,,I hope they both have many years ahead. I'm sure they will

My dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate cancer that metastasized to his lower back and pelvis 5 years ago and he's still going 'strong'. He appears to be one of the small percentage that gets past the 5 years survival rate. The doc has told him on multiple occassions that it will likely be something else other than the cancer will get him in the end.

[jozza800]

Sad news..They're both 75 these days,sadly as we get older there's more chance of this horrible thing happening....I'm old enough to remember the back end of '75/76 and then '76/77 when Keegan was the man and then the transition into Kenny's years at Liverpool...Fantastic years to be a fan....Legends both...Fingers crossed for them....

There's a line of dialogue from Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (terrible film though) that has always stuck with me -

"We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away."

[justme]

My dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate cancer that metastasized to his lower back and pelvis 5 years ago and he's still going 'strong'. He appears to be one of the small percentage that gets past the 5 years survival rate. The doc has told him on multiple occassions that it will likely be something else other than the cancer will get him in the end.

well fingers crossed he can last out until the end of very old age.. Like our 2 legends

[Steveo]

Awful news about Kevin and King Kenny.. It seems to be rife.

My father - v late stage alzheimers now has Skin cancer...my mum passed with lung cancer 12 years ago and my wife had breast cancer...my sister in the US is being treated for it...the other side- for a second time in 3 years. It really does seem to be everywhere...or is that just my age..?

Sorry to hear about your dad jozza - as justme says - let's hope they can all beat it...or at least live with it.

[Gurthers]

Very sad news. It's a horrific disease.

I hope their medical treatments let them have many years to come.

[RedMagic]

John Barnes revealed today that he had previously suffered from prostate cancer and that as a result he had his prostate removed.

[Crimson Dynasty]

My dad was diagnosed with Stage 4 Prostate cancer that metastasized to his lower back and pelvis 5 years ago and he's still going 'strong'. He appears to be one of the small percentage that gets past the 5 years survival rate. The doc has told him on multiple occassions that it will likely be something else other than the cancer will get him in the end.

My dad too had prostate, but it wasn't stage 4 yet.
So they were able to get most of it.

They still have to keep an eye on his health to make sure it doesn't come back.

My nan (his mother) passed away from pancreatic cancer years ago (it was past the point of any kind of treatment by the time they found it, but she had lived a full life and had no regrets at that point), and his elder brother also had it too, so we've kind of come to expect that it's something we have to deal with in our family when we all get to those later stages in life (...or earlier).

Keegan was my dad's hero and how he got to be an LFC fan long before any of us were born. By the time we came along, we were all hooked on Kenny, and we knew nothing but being Reds for life.

Praying for the both of them and their families.
It's not an easy thing to deal with on an individual level, but takes an almost equally greater toll on the family as well.

[Crimson Dynasty]

Awful news about Kevin and King Kenny.. It seems to be rife.

My father - v late stage alzheimers now has Skin cancer...my mum passed with lung cancer 12 years ago and my wife had breast cancer...my sister in the US is being treated for it...the other side- for a second time in 3 years. It really does seem to be everywhere...or is that just my age..?

Sorry to hear about your dad jozza - as justme says - let's hope they can all beat it...or at least live with it.

I think it depends on your genes and genetic makeup, that's why you'll find some families deal with it all over the place (I just mentioned in another post how my dad, my nan and uncles all had to deal with it, so it seems to be a thing in my family), while other families can go for generations without ever knowing anyone in their immediate circle that's suffered from it.

I know I'm probably due for a lot of checkups and screenings in my future just thanks to that family history and our risk factor.