The Newcastle United Blog

Written by Dr. Ed Harrison

11:59am Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

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Kazenga LuaLua had an exciting first game of the season for Brighton last Saturday, when he scored one and made one, in Brighton’s fine 2-0 home win against Milton Keynes Dons.

Kazenga LuaLua – on loan at Brighton until early January

That goal was his first senior goal ever, and he seems to be taking to heart the Newcastle manager Chris Hughton’s advice, that he needs to start scoring more goals.

Brighton take on Carlisle on Saturday at Brunton Park, and Carlisle manager Greg Abbott, who has a good relationship with the Newcastle club, has warned his players of the threat that LuaLua will pose.

And it turns out Greg himself was interested in taking the player on loan to Carlisle, as he talked about the youngster today:

“We had LuaLua on our radar for a considerable period,” “The disadvantage we had is that he went to Brighton last season for a big period and enjoyed it there, and he is from the south.”
“That probably made him choose to go there, but he is one who would have given us a different type of quality to what we have got.” “He is a terrifically exciting player who makes things happen.”
“We haven’t faced anyone with his pace so far this season. We didn’t handle him at Brighton last year season when he tortured Richard Keogh – it was the only time I saw Richard come off second best.”
“He will help make this Saturday’s game exciting and it will be a very tough one for us.”

LuaLua should get plenty of playing time through the end of the year down south, and then Chris Hughton will need to make a decision as to whether the lad returns to Newcastle in January.

If Newcastle are in decent shape in the Premier League come January, it may be that Chris will allow the 19 year-old to remain on loan for the season at the Seagulls, and then Kazenga can come back in pre-season next year, and fight for his place in the Newcastle team, after playing a full season for Brighton.

That decision is a few months away yet, and Chris still needs to decide who else of the talented Newcastle youngsters will be going out on loan this season.

And Fraser Forster had his second clean sheet in a row last Saturday, when Celtic easily beat Hearts 3-0 at Celtic Park, and this week Celtic, who have won all 4 Scottish Premier League games so far this season, are away at Kilmarnock.

Fraser is on loan to Glasgow Celtic for the full season.

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17 February, 2023

I have an update on what's happening with my treatment for prostate cancer.

Last week, my oncologist called me late in the day and said he thought it was best to terminate my treatment with radium 223 dichloride because it was having such a negative effect on my health - specifically my digestive system.

I had completed 3 of the planned 6 infusions.

They had looked at the bone scans and three CAT scans I had early last week, and they showed no signs of the cancer spread being slowed or stopped: in fact, it was continuing to spread and my PSA account continued to rise.

The only treatment left now is to go back and have another bout of chemotherapy with docetaxel being the medication used.

I understand this will be a 7-month job with 10 sessions 3 weeks apart - almost double my first chemo treatment in Apil 2017, when I has 6 treatmnts.

The problem I have is that I'm in a very poor physical state right now, due to my digestive system being basically torn apart by the radium 223.

The radium 223 has leaked into my digestive system and caused me to have severe diarrhea, nausea, and heartburn, and it was (is) very serious.

They said it was too dangerous to proceed with the radium 223 treatment, with little benefit being shown.

I am also suffering from severe exhaustion, basically, because I have zero testosterone, and all the treatments I've had for the cancer, have further lessened the energy available to me.

It reminds me of the saying that if cancer doesn’t kill you - the treatment will (laugh).

It will probably take up to 8 weeks to get back to a physical state where I can start chemotherapy, and that's where I am now, but the cancer continues to spread in the bones.

I've also been put in touch with the dietitian from UNC Healthcare, who will help me get back my health - she is very helpful.

So that's where it stands it's been quite a journey over 12 years and I think I've had almost every treatment available.

It has really taken a toll on my body and on my energy, but that's where it stands and obviously, I'll do the best I can in the upcoming months with chemo and hope I can get through it.

It is as it is - and another challenge in life.

Ed Harrison