West Ham icon Ludek Miklosko reveals heartbreaking cancer battle and stops treatment to ‘enjoy best quality of life’
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Sponsored by. WEST HAM hero Ludek Mikolsko has revealed he's been battling cancer for the last few years. The former Hammers stopper discovered he was battling the deadly disease three years ago after finding a small lump on his hip. The 63-year-old's initial treatment went well, although doctors failed to discover several other tumours in his body - including an inoperable stomach tumour.
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Mikolsko underwent radiotherapy to shrink the growth although doctors soon discovered there were several other tumours. The only operation left to Mikolsko was chemotherapy, which doctors couldn't guarantee would be a success. And the retired keeper has made the heartbreaking decision not to have chemo in order to ensure he has the best quality final days possible.
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Explaining his decision not to have the treatment, he told West Ham's official website: “I was thinking about this, and had another conversation with the doctor in Ostrava. "And it was made clear to me that there could be no guarantees that it would work.
"Maybe it would help to slow it down a little bit, but it would not stop it and there would be other issues to deal with. “I decided not to take the chemotherapy, because I want to live a normal life. "I have very good people around me, and I have my work and my football, which is my life, all I have known. I want to keep doing that for as long as I can.”.
