{"id":12499,"date":"2018-02-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/robbie-gray-opens-up-in-new-interview-about-his-cancer-battle\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T00:00:00","slug":"robbie-gray-opens-up-in-new-interview-about-his-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/robbie-gray-opens-up-in-new-interview-about-his-cancer-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Gray Opens Up In New Interview About His Cancer Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Port Adelaide star Robbie Gray has spoken about his shock cancer diagnosis in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaidenow.com.au\/sport\/afl\/teams\/port-adelaide\/parenthood-perfect-tonic-for-port-adelaide-power-star-robbie-gray-after-cancer-diagnosis\/news-story\/6b92a3c7b3637fe57de93956ac7ab645\" target=\"_blank\">The Advertiser<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"488\" width=\"650\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/robbie-gray.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gray said he was stunned by the amount of public support he received following the news last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cThat was the most overwhelming thing &#8212; some of those messages from people reaching out,\u201d he told the paper.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cFrom opposition players but also opposition fans. I had Crows supporters telling me they\u2019re an Adelaide supporter but they wished me all the best and that meant a lot to me, that support from the whole public and footy world was amazing.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cWe were together with the boys having a few beers and I just didn\u2019t quite feel right.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cIt did feel a little bit strange even over that weekend, but the pain didn\u2019t come on until Tuesday or Wednesday that week.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cSo I gave the club doctor a call and went to see him on the Thursday, we had scans and an ultrasound pretty soon after and found out there was something there.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cI suppose I was just shocked, you never think something like that will happen to you but we got through the surgery okay and I was feeling fine.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cMy family are all in Melbourne so it was hard for them being over there but they were all fantastic and the support I had was great.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cThat was one of the hardest things I suppose, speaking to family and worrying about them because my wife was pregnant at the time and going through a lot herself.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PAFC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PAFC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AFL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AFL<\/a> star Robbie Gray speaks for the first time about his biggest battle and finding the perfect tonic. Read the wide-ranging interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reecehomfray?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@reecehomfray<\/a>  here <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0w1KBC0IBf\">https:\/\/t.co\/0w1KBC0IBf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Advertiser Sport (@TheTiserSport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTiserSport\/status\/966128454017081344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Port Adelaide star Robbie Gray has spoken about his shock cancer diagnosis in an interview with The Advertiser. Gray said he was stunned by the amount of public support he received following the news last year. \u201cThat was the most overwhelming thing &#8212; some of those messages from people reaching out,\u201d he told the paper. 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