Linfield OfficialBlues) footballer Ross Larkin says he feels fortunate to be alive following a life-threatening brain tumour.
Linfield footballer Ross Larkin says he feels fortunate to be alive following a life-threatening brain tumour.The Northern Ireland under-21 defender hopes to make a full recovery but it is unclear whether he will be able to play top-flight football again.
However he continues to build his fitness back up and is currently training for the Belfast City Marathon. Details of his illness were not made public when the brain tumour was discovered, just before Christmas in 2021. To protect his privacy, Linfield simply put out a statement saying the centre-half was in hospital for a "procedure".In his first interview about his illness, Larkin told BBC News NI: "Thank God I had that surgery and it was successful."I just couldn't believe it. My family couldn't believe it. It was hard to take."By the age of 22, he had a university degree and a full-time football contract at the biggest club in Belfast.
After playing for Linfield against Warrenpoint at Windsor Park on 11 December 2021, he started preparing for his winter graduation at Queen's University Belfast the following week.On the day of his graduation, he started to feel unwell, during the evening after the ceremony.Image caption,After being taken to hospital, he was examined and it was thought he may have had a stroke.Further tests concluded that although it was cancerous, treatment might work.
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