Sir Chris, 48, a six-time Olympic gold medallist, revealed last year that he had terminal prostate cancer and shortly afterwards Lady Hoy was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Sarra tells ITV’s Lorraine show today about the aftermath of their diagnoses and how they have remained strong for children Chloe, seven, and Callum, 10.
Lady Hoy said: "You just don’t sleep, everything is awful. It was about trying to control what I could and I just thought 'I can’t do anything about cancer, I can't do anything about MS. What can I do? What can I help? What can I change?'"
Sarra described how they both had to dig deep amid the mental anguish and refused to be bowed by their predicament.
Lady Hoy added: "When everything is spiralling, just to stop and say 'Right now, we're safe, the children are safe, this can’t define us. We will not become the victims of this."
Reflecting on family life amid their health battles, Sarra, 40, added: "With kids, you don’t get a chance, there’s no time to stop and have a day in bed, you just don’t get that opportunity. So yes, the children are everything for us and our family that surrounds us are everything."
Shock
Explaining how she is coping and trying to control what she can, Lady Hoy, a lawyer, said: "It’s been okay and I think people are really surprised to know you can sort of be okay and that’s definitely what’s helped us get through."
Sarra was speaking to Lorraine Kelly as part of the ITV show’s March4March campaign. It supports the one in four Britons who suffer from low moods.
Research has revealed how exercise and movement aids better mental health.
Host Lorraine is asking viewers and celebrity supporters to pledge a number of steps across the month of March to try to hit three million, which would be the entire length of the UK.
The interview with Lady Hoy comes five months after Sir Chris shocked the world with his cancer diagnosis.
He said when he was told by doctors in September 2023 that it came “completely out of the blue”, adding that it had been the “toughest year of our lives so far by some stretch”.
Sir Chris said there had been “no symptoms, no warnings”, adding: “All I had was a pain in my shoulder and a little bit of pain in...
Sarra tells ITV’s Lorraine show today about the aftermath of their diagnoses and how they have remained strong for children Chloe, seven, and Callum, 10.
Lady Hoy said: "You just don’t sleep, everything is awful. It was about trying to control what I could and I just thought 'I can’t do anything about cancer, I can't do anything about MS. What can I do? What can I help? What can I change?'"
Sarra described how they both had to dig deep amid the mental anguish and refused to be bowed by their predicament.
Lady Hoy added: "When everything is spiralling, just to stop and say 'Right now, we're safe, the children are safe, this can’t define us. We will not become the victims of this."
Reflecting on family life amid their health battles, Sarra, 40, added: "With kids, you don’t get a chance, there’s no time to stop and have a day in bed, you just don’t get that opportunity. So yes, the children are everything for us and our family that surrounds us are everything."
Shock
Explaining how she is coping and trying to control what she can, Lady Hoy, a lawyer, said: "It’s been okay and I think people are really surprised to know you can sort of be okay and that’s definitely what’s helped us get through."
Sarra was speaking to Lorraine Kelly as part of the ITV show’s March4March campaign. It supports the one in four Britons who suffer from low moods.
Research has revealed how exercise and movement aids better mental health.
Host Lorraine is asking viewers and celebrity supporters to pledge a number of steps across the month of March to try to hit three million, which would be the entire length of the UK.
The interview with Lady Hoy comes five months after Sir Chris shocked the world with his cancer diagnosis.
He said when he was told by doctors in September 2023 that it came “completely out of the blue”, adding that it had been the “toughest year of our lives so far by some stretch”.
Sir Chris said there had been “no symptoms, no warnings”, adding: “All I had was a pain in my shoulder and a little bit of pain in...
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