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<\/p>\nNews anchor Dan Walker has revealed the moment he was told he had cancer and was rushed to hospital while in Poland.<\/p>\n
The 46-year-old was covering the 2012 European Championships when his head doubled in size due to his kidneys not functioning properly. Talking candidly on the White Wine Question Time podcast, Dan shared how his horrifying ordeal took place and how it left him in complete shock.<\/p>\n
He said: "I was in Poland a few years ago covering the European Championships and I had a slightly strange lump in my stomach. I felt my breathing was changing a little bit and I went to the medical centre in the broadcast centre there, and within two and a half minutes I was in the back of an ambulance on my way to a Polish A&E."<\/p>\n
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Dan, who previously presented on BBC Breakfast but headed over to Channel 5 last year, also mentioned his former colleague and Match of the Day editor Richard Hughes who "dropped everything" to help him. He continued: "You know times in life when you think sometimes you just need someone to hold your hand.<\/p>\n
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"It did get a bit scary that night. About two o\u2019clock in the morning a Polish consultant came in and told me that I had cancer because they\u2019d seen some shadows on my kidney, and he used the word tumour."<\/p>\n
Dan later said he asked the translator with them to confirm he had heard the doctor correctly. However, the translator said: "He thinks you\u2019ve got cancer in your kidney."<\/p>\n
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But despite the initial shock, it was later confirmed that it wasn\u2019t a tumour, and Dan was battling a virus that had harmed his kidney. The head consultant thankfully told him the good news the following morning.<\/p>\n
During the podcast, the Strictly Come Dancing star revealed he had chosen not to tell his family until it was 100% confirmed. He also confirmed that having to process what he thought would be bad news overnight was hard.<\/p>\n
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He said: "I didn\u2019t go to a dark place or anything. In the same way, when I had my bike accident in February this year, and I was out for the count for 20 minutes, I had a weird out-of-body experience that day and I was watching myself on the floor looking at the paramedics.<\/p>\n
"I felt \u2013 and this is going to sound really strange and I have no way of explaining it to you \u2013 but I almost felt like I was sucked back into my body and looking out of my eyes again and the circle got bigger and bigger, and I could see them and not hear them before the sound came back into my brain."<\/p>\n
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