Richard Burns leaves hospital

Richard Burns leaves hospital

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FourWheelDrift

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89,388 posts

290 months

Wednesday 16th June 2004
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Richard Burns has been discharged from hosptial as he continues his fight to return to fitness following the diagnosis of a brain tumour last year.

Wish him well.

dazren

22,612 posts

267 months

Wednesday 16th June 2004
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Excellent news. Good luck with the recovery Richard.

DAZ

Graham

16,369 posts

290 months

Thursday 17th June 2004
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That's good news...


Good Luck burnsy

raftom

1,219 posts

267 months

Friday 18th June 2004
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Great! I was curious about it, not being in the news lately. Hope he gets back well and soon.

RebeccaH

34 posts

247 months

Friday 18th June 2004
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That's good news - here's hoping the treatment is all going well.

Eric Mc

122,688 posts

271 months

Saturday 19th June 2004
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I think it sounds rather ominous - although I may be being overly pessimistic.

Graham

16,369 posts

290 months

Saturday 19th June 2004
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I must admit when they interviewed the co driver on speed sunday the other week, reading between the lines i didnt think it looked good...


G
lets hope i was wrong..

FourWheelDrift

Original Poster:

89,388 posts

290 months

Saturday 19th June 2004
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News Quote.

Richard Burns announced his absence from rallying at the end of 2003 for health- related reasons and started a treatment to cure a brain tumour. The British driver is now out of the hospital and will continue his treatment from home.

"Richard has improved to the point where he's at home, whereas at the beginning of January, he'd lost a hell of a lot of weight," mentioned his co-driver Robert Reid. "He couldn't get out of bed for a while. I think the feeling of the people close to him at the moment is we are making progress, but that we've still got a fair way to go."

Richard received tremendous amount of support from his fans and the entire rally community. Everyone is hoping for his quick recovery and wishes to see him back in the World Rally Championship one day."

venom

1,857 posts

265 months

Saturday 19th June 2004
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I was in the audience for that show and he was playing his cards fairly close to his chest. But then again having read Lance Armstrong's book about his fight against cancer it's not entirely surprising. Until that final diagnosis that the cancer is gone you really are fighting all the way, and then even then there's always the chance it can come back.

Fingers crossed that RB's treatment is going well. The treatment is incredibly debilitating and so it may well take a long time before they know whether it's been a complete success.

All the best.