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Snooker star wins battle with cancer
Hunter now due to become father
Richard Hercock
SNOOKER star Paul Hunter has won his battle against cancer and is now looking forward to becoming a father for the first time.
The Leeds star was diagnosed in April this year when cysts were found in his abdomen and 26-year-old Hunter had to endure five three-week cycles of chemotherapy.
This caused a number of side effects – including the loss of his trademark blonde hairstyles.
But now doctors at St James's Hospital in Leeds have given the world No 5 ranked player the all-clear and, in another piece of good news for the Hunter family, Paul and wife Lindsey are expecting their first child on December 27.
If Hunter needed any extra motivation to overcome the odds, his wife's pregnancy certainly provided it.
"It made him focus on the treatment," said Hunter's manager Brandon Parker. "He now has something to look forward to. He's still very poorly and is building his strength up, recuperating."
In a remarkable turn-around, three-times Masters champion Hunter hopes to return to playing snooker in just six weeks' time, at the Grand Prix at Preston's Guild Hall on October 8.
He last played at the Embassy World Championship in April, but exited in the early rounds as health worries clouded his performance.
"Doctors say he will be well enough for October," said Mr Parker, his manager of six years, as hopes that the dark days of his early prognosis and treatment are well behind them.
Pregnant Lindsey has said there were moments when they both feared he might die. "When Paul was at his worst, some nights I'd lay awake in bed checking his lips weren't blue and that he was breathing all right," she told a newspaper at the weekend.
"He'd then wake up and I'd explain I was checking he was alive, to which he'd say 'I've not come this far to die, you idiot!'. Throughout the whole of his illness, Paul has never once said 'why me?' or wished it on anybody else.
"He's just got on with it. There's never been any real sign of him losing the fight. He's been fantastic. It was like he was swimming along and someone kept trying to pull him under the water.
"I kept saying 'just stay afloat' and he managed ... just. Now we're coming through the other end of the tunnel."
The 30-year-old said they had been overwhelmed by the number of good luck messages from fans since news of his illness broke.
"Within days, Paul received about 500 letters and cards from the public wishing him luck," she said. "He read and kept every single one and, if he ever feels down, he'll read them again. The wonderfully supportive reception Paul got at the World Championships made him very emotional too."
25 August 2005
Mielőbbi felépülést,Paulie!