The Newcastle United Blog

Written by Neil Harrison

10:21am Thursday, October 24th, 2019

Commented 8 times

We had noticed yesterday when Newcastle published images from Wednesday’s training session, that both Andy Carroll and Fabian Schar were absent.

The Andy Carroll mystery was quickly solved, as Steve Bruce had commented earlier in the day of the striker’s limited training schedule. He was not involved in Wednesday’s session due to that.

It has come to light this morning that Newcastle has a new injury scare in its ranks. The Chronicle are reporting that Fabian Schar suffered a knee injury at Chelsea last Saturday. His fitness for Sunday’s match is now being assessed by the medical team.

Schar has had a busy schedule this year for both Newcastle and Switzerland. He has started all ten matches for the club in all competitions. Adding to that load, Fabian has played every minute of all four of his country’s European qualifiers since the first international break.

Schar must remain fit for the entire season, so if he is unable to miss just the Wolves match, that is not too big of an issue. While he has easily been our best player this season, Newcastle do have ready replacements in the ranks who can do a job in the Swiss star’s absence.

If Schar is unable to play on Sunday, it’ll be interesting to see if Bruce feels comfortable handing Florian Lejeune his first start since his second serious knee injury. The Frenchman has been training with the team for the past three weeks and could be ready to make his return.

8 comments so far

Jail for Ashley
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:25 AM
Comment #1
Bring back Tsunki!
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martoon
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:38 AM
Comment #2
Swlabr – where did you see that about Carroll having a groin strain?
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DubaiMicky
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:44 AM
Comment #3
Keith Downie tweeted Carroll’s groin strain yesterday.
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DubaiMicky
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:44 AM
Comment #4
Sorry, this morning around an hour ago.
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Jib
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM
Comment #5
It’s also on Sky
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Jail for Ashley
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:49 AM
Comment #6
No mention of it on .com
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DaveD1000
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:53 AM
Comment #7
Simon Bird
Matt Ritchie still not fit for #nufc Wolves game.
Andy Carroll out with groin trouble for a couple of weeks.
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Jail for Ashley
Oct 24, 2019 at 10:54 AM
Comment #8
Aye, story in the Chronicle, he felt it during his light jog against Chelsea last weekend, he’ll be assessed next week to see if he can manage another light jog against West Ham.
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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