Rangers goalkeeper Andy Guram has esophageal cancer.
According to doctors, he has only six months left to live.
– I will fight this disease that I have not fought before, says the 58-year-old according to the Daily Record.
Andy Guram, 58, made nearly 200 appearances for Rangers in the 1990s, with five Scottish League titles as well as 43 first-tier internationals with Scotland on his résumé. In addition to this, he made a short stay at Manchester United in 2001.
Now his life is in danger.
The Scottish goalkeeper legend has esophageal cancer.
The first symptoms appeared seven weeks ago.
– I thought I had real digestive problems. It was like being banned. After a few weeks, it got worse and nothing passed. “Everything I ate and drank didn’t reach my stomach halfway,” Guram told the Daily Record.
Guram ignored the symptoms at first but had to seek medical attention when the situation worsened. Once he arrived, after a hospital x-ray and a call to call his loved ones, he realized how serious he was.
– That was when alarm bells started ringing. I realized I had cancer.
Rejected chemotherapy
The esophageal cancer then spread to the liver, lungs, and ribs. A fatal form of cancer that cannot be completely cured.
According to doctors, Andy Guram had six months to live. Maybe nine months if he’s going to have chemotherapy.
However, he turned down a replacement, having previously witnessed his ex-wife Miriam, who also has cancer, undergo the same form of treatment.
Doing chemotherapy and feeling bad for an extra three months with no quality of life? No thanks, says Guram.
– Miriam underwent six chemotherapy treatments and three radiotherapy treatments. It was from hell. But she had a goal because she has now defeated cancer in one form or another. My problem is that I don’t have a shelter to fight for.
“I’ll stay here as long as I can.”
Knowing that he is living for a limited time, Andy Guram is now trying to live “as before”, having been released from hospital after nearly a month of stay.
May he do so with real pain.
The doctor told me to try to enjoy daily life and keep it as normal as possible. The pain can be controlled. I can still go and meet friends and go to supportive clubs and just be myself. I will be here as long as possible.