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Severiano Ballesteros is in a serious condition in hospital after tests on his brain found evidence of a "grave illness", according to reports in Madrid.
The Spaniard, a former world No 1 and the winner of five major championships, was admitted to Laz Paz Hospital on Monday after fainting and briefly losing consciousness at Barajas Airport in Madrid.
The 51-year-old released a statement on his online blog yesterday in which he said he felt well and thanked fans for their messages of support, but the results of a scan have given cause for concern.
Ballesteros has regained consciousness and is able to talk but doctors were concerned enough to call his family to his bedside and are expected to issue a statement detailing his condition tomorrow.
The former Ryder Cup captain has suffered from health problems of late and spent a night in hospital last year after a heart scare. Doctors diagnosed an irregular heartbeat.
Ballesteros, who retired from competitive golf in 2007, called a press conference at last year's Open Championship at Carnoustie to scotch rumours that he had attempted suicide.
More news to follow.
Jesus sounds serious,Hope he pulls through
Okay, removed. But it was true.
Read brain tumor in Sunday Times today
Orior do us a favour and remove that post.
Quote from: muppet on October 12, 2008, 02:36:32 PM
Orior do us a favour and remove that post.
I second that
Taken from his website
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what did orior say?
Epilecptic fit apparently and he seems to be on the mend thanks be to god.
Quote from: Minder on October 12, 2008, 05:05:22 PM
what did orior say?
I was only quoting what is half way down the linked article.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/golf/article4923266.ece (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/golf/article4923266.ece)
seve is going for an operation this week to remove the tumour according to SSN
Carmen Botin who is Seve's separated wife is the daughter of Paloma O'Shea. O'Shea is down as a member of the peerage, whatever that means. Would she be a descendant of one of the Wild Geese ?
Ballesteros reveals brain tumour
Five-times Major winner Seve Ballesteros said tests carried out over the last few days have revealed he has a brain tumour.
"After being able to notify my three children personally and their mother I can inform you of my illness," Ballesteros said. "After exhaustive checks at the hospital they have detected a brain tumour."
Ballesteros will undergo a biopsy on Tuesday after which doctors will decide how to proceed.
The 51-year-old Spaniard was taken to Madrid's La Paz hospital on Monday after collapsing unconscious. Hospital officials then released a statement on Friday confirming that Ballesteros had suffered "a partial epileptic fit" but said he had left intensive care and was in "a stable condition".
"Throughout my career I have been one of the best at overcoming obstacles on a golf course. Now I want to be the best, taking on the toughest match of my life," he added. "I have always felt solidarity with those facing illnesses, many who were much older than me.
"I want to recall their bravery, belief, calmness, confidence and great mental strength we need to confront these situations however difficult they may be.
"I want to thank from the very bottom of my heart all those people interested in my state of health with many different types of support."
Ballesteros won the US Masters in 1980 and 1983 and was the Open champion in 1979, 1984 and 1988.
yahoo
Quote from: ONeill on October 12, 2008, 08:46:12 PM
Ballesteros reveals brain tumour
Five-times Major winner Seve Ballesteros said tests carried out over the last few days have revealed he has a brain tumour.
"After being able to notify my three children personally and their mother I can inform you of my illness," Ballesteros said. "After exhaustive checks at the hospital they have detected a brain tumour."
Ballesteros will undergo a biopsy on Tuesday after which doctors will decide how to proceed.
The 51-year-old Spaniard was taken to Madrid's La Paz hospital on Monday after collapsing unconscious. Hospital officials then released a statement on Friday confirming that Ballesteros had suffered "a partial epileptic fit" but said he had left intensive care and was in "a stable condition".
"Throughout my career I have been one of the best at overcoming obstacles on a golf course. Now I want to be the best, taking on the toughest match of my life," he added. "I have always felt solidarity with those facing illnesses, many who were much older than me.
"I want to recall their bravery, belief, calmness, confidence and great mental strength we need to confront these situations however difficult they may be.
"I want to thank from the very bottom of my heart all those people interested in my state of health with many different types of support."
Ballesteros won the US Masters in 1980 and 1983 and was the Open champion in 1979, 1984 and 1988.
yahoo
very tactless
How so?
I think The GAA is mistaking Yahoo at the bottom of O'Neill's post for being an exclamation of delight of Seve's condition, rather than it being the news source from where he got the story. I'd say O'Neill is due a wee apology
Hope he recovers but it doesn't sound good. Going for a biopsy tomorrow.
Quote from: orangeman on October 13, 2008, 09:31:50 AM
Hope he recovers but it doesn't sound good. Going for a biopsy tomorrow.
Some complication today. Removed a piece of skull to 'reduce pressure' on the brain. Stable but still in intensive care.
This might explain any unusaul behavior in the recent past.
Hopefully he pulls through.
Quote from: RedandGreenSniper on October 13, 2008, 02:45:46 AM
I think The GAA is mistaking Yahoo at the bottom of O'Neill's post for being an exclamation of delight of Seve's condition, rather than it being the news source from where he got the story. I'd say O'Neill is due a wee apology
I'm sure O'Neill knows i was being sarcastic
I see tonight there has been some "complication" after the operation.
Heard that orangeman, but he's stable and will be ok.
Expert: Seve has rare tumour
Five-times Major winner Seve Ballesteros is suffering from a rare type of brain tumour that is usually fatal, according to a medical expert.
Madrid's La Paz hospital had earlier revealed the Spanish golfer has an oligoastrocytoma, which is a tumour composed of two types of brain cell - oligodendroytes and astrocytes that cover and protect the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Dr Geoff Pilkington, a tumour expert at the University of Portsmouth, told Reuters oligoastrocytoma tumours were very difficult to eradicate because they spread diffusely inside the brain cavity and cannot be treated by surgery alone.
Most patients with the most serious grade four condition die within 12 to 18 months but a hospital spokesperson declined to say what grade of tumour Ballesteros had.
However, Pilkington added: "I think it's going to be at least a three because the mixed tumours usually are.
"They generally develop into a high grade tumour from which a patient will eventually die. The likelihood is that he (the patient) will die from the tumour at some stage."
The seriousness partly depends on what proportion of the tumour is made up of astrocytes cells which tend to grow faster.
The 51-year-old Ballesteros will have a third operation on Friday when doctors face the rare complication of brain swelling and a hematoma (bleeding) following the initial operation.
"The key is to go in there and remove haemorrhage or tumour tissue without doing damage to the patient. It is obviously impinging on a vital centre of the brain," said Dr Pilkington.
"They are trying to rectify a surgical complication and, because they are going in anyway, they will try to get more of the tumour out."
The chances of survival for the three-times Open Championship winner Ballesteros would likely be improved if he had a course of radiotherapy followed by chemotherapy.
A modest number of patients with lower grade tumours do manage to keep the illness at bay.
Former England fast bowler Alan Igglesden was diagnosed with a grade two oligodendroglioma - similar to Ballesteros's, though without the more dangerous astrocytes cells - and is regularly playing cricket almost 10 years later.
Even when tumours are not malignant - grade three or four - they tend become worse with time, said Pilkington, who is an advisor to charity Brain Tumour UK.
"You are ultimately sitting on a time bomb. The low grade tumour will become a high grade tumour from which the patient will ultimately die".
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