Linda Nolan sends touching message to Sir Chris Hoy as they both battle terminal cancer

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Linda Nolan has reached out with a touching message of support to Sir Chris Hoy following his heartbreaking terminal cancer diagnosis.The Olympic cycling hero, who has been given a prognosis of two to four years due to prostate cancer spreading throughout his body, has found an ally in Linda.

At 65, Linda, who was told her breast cancer was incurable back in 2017 and is now 'bald once more' after shaving her head, believes that 'acceptance is the key'. "I was devastated to read about Sir Chris Hoy's terminal cancer diagnosis," she wrote in her column for the Mirror. "When someone so physically fit and strong is told they have just two to four years to live, it seems particularly shocking.

But of course cancer doesn't work that way. Now it's his incredible mental strength which seems to be helping him." With the support of his psychologist, it sounds like he’s trained his mind to live in the moment as much as he can, and to accept death is natural. “He seems to have rigorously drilled himself to grasp that sense of perspective with all the focus he’d have used as a sportsman." She added: “I’m no Olympian (and you need a brain in order to train it!), so I’m in awe of his approach.” Sir Chris, 48, told the Sunday Times: "As unnatural as it feels, this is nature.

You know, we were all born and we all die, and this is just part of the process. Hand on heart, I'm pretty positive most of the time and I have genuine happiness.This is bigger than the Olympics.