Stephen McPhail diagnosed with cancer

LowOdour

http://www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10335~1880105,00.html


A little reason to keep things in perspective.

Alot of bad things have happened this week...most of all that terrible accident we had in galway.

All the best Steven

GLaDOS

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Terrible news =/ Hope he recovers ok

LowOdour

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Eire-Dearg

http://backpagefootball.com/info/england-news/stephen-mcphail-diagnosed-with-cancer/

Cardiff City player, and former captain, Stephen McPhail has been diagnosed with cancer, a club statement has revealed.
The statement read:
“Cardiff City midfielder Stephen McPhail has been diagnosed with a stage one malt lymphoma, previously known as a pseudo lymphoma.
Treatment is expected to last for three weeks with a return to playing football by January, 2010.
The club requests that the privacy of Stephen, his wife and young family be respected during his recovery.”
McPhail, has 137 appearances to his name at Cardiff, as well as 10 caps for the Republic of Ireland. Everyone here at BackPage Football wishes him a very speedy recovery, and our thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.
Get well soon Steve.

Sad to hear, but good to see he should make a rapid recovery. I know he only played a few games for Ireland, but puts a crazy week into perspective.

johnp

Jaysus, wish him a speedy recovery.

Daysha

Poor guy. I wish him all the best.

SlickRic

puts all the b*tching about everything else into persepective really.

get well Stephen.

i wish you nothing but a speedy and full recovery.

x PyRo

Very unlucky with injuries and the like over the years. Top bloke too. Get well soon.

monkey9

Get well soon man!! Good to hear they still expect him to playing in 2010!!!

Always terrible to hear stuff like this!

CHD

Back to football in not time hopefully. Get well!

angel01

Get well soon to Stephen

Helix

sounds like an early detection, hopefully we'll see him back in action before he has to hang up the boots though age related reasons

Podge2k7

Hope he has a speedy recovery.

Keano

I'm shocked by this as was only watching him against Forest a few weeks ago but he went off injured.

Get well soon.

pablodunlop

Get well soon Stephen,was one of my favourite players when I began supporting Leeds. MOT

Slightly OT but it would seem John Hartson is on the way back to recovering
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2009/nov/14/john-hartson-battle-with-cancer

Raskolnikov

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/cardiff_city/8372023.stm

Cardiff City and Republic of Ireland midfielder Stephen McPhail has been diagnosed with a form of cancer.

McPhail, 29, is to undergo three weeks treatment for stage one MALT lymphoma.

He was told five weeks after he had surgery to remove a lump from his neck and tests revealed he had the uncommon form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

"Early stage disease usually causes few symptoms. It is more likely to go away completely after treatment," the Lymphoma Association said.

A Cardiff statement said McPhail could start playing football in January.

Lymphomas are cancers of the lymphatic system which is part of the body's immune system.

The Lymphoma Association confirms that "the most common symptom of lymphoma is a painless lump or swelling in the neck, armpit or groin."

The association advises that early stage low grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma - stage one or two - "may have little impact on how you feel."

McPhail, who joined Cardiff from Barnsley in a free transfer in the summer of 2006, has won 10 international caps for the Republic, the last of which came against Nigeria in 2004.

He has played 10 games this season but has been out since sustaining a thigh injury in the 1-1 draw against Nottingham Forest on 1 November.

It sounds like they've caught it quickly, so let's hope he can recover quickly.

PomBear

hopefully, we'll see you in the premiership next season Stephen, hopefully you'll get well soon

Mrmoe

Get will soon, hope to see you back playing football again soon.

Vurnon San Benito

Get well mate. Can't wait to see you back playing.

mikemac

Seems to be an early detection
Get well soon and hopefully back playing soon too

ctrl-alt-delete

Terrible news for himself, but hopefully he will fully recover after his treatment.

shanel23

Get well Soon lad

- great memories of Stephen scoring twice against Chelsea at the bridge for Leeds in a 0-2 Leeds win .

noodler

Best of luck to him.

SarahBM

shanel23 wrote: »

Get well Soon lad

- great memories of Stephen scoring twice against Chelsea at the bridge for Leeds in a 0-2 Leeds win .

Great player when he was at Leeds!! a favourite of mine!!! We're all thinking of Stephen and his family!! I hope he makes a full recovery!!!

MOT

JP Liz

get well soon

Rockee

Stephen was a year ahead of me in school, lovely chap anytime I spoke to him. Get well soon.