Mega Thread The Big Roughy IS IN THE CLEAR!!

[Badesumofu]

s**t. Just s**t. And yeah, footy should be far from his mind now until this is cleared up. Hope the big Rough is in the clear soon.

 

[Milang_Panthers]

Hope it all pans out ok.

Personally have been monitoring a few moles on my back, been meaning to go for a check up....
BRB/ calling doctors....

Yep was thinking the same.

who cares about footy now just get we'll Rough.

 

[frizzle]

s**t news. All the best big guy.

 

[GreekLunatic]

All the best roughie get well soon footy is secondary to someone's health

 

[RobHawk]

The news turned a cold winter day a whole lot colder.Take care of yourself Roughy as well as you have taken care of your multitude of fans.

 

[telsor]

As I just posted on the main board.

All the best to him, and I hope it's not too serious.

 

[Nuggets73]

Get better soon Rough ... Champion bloke, very sad news

 

[Cleavy]

get well soon Roughy!

 

[Lethality]

Get well soon, Roughy.

 

[gravy]

Damn this is so horrible. Get well soon Roughy.

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

Much bigger than football. Get well Rough. Also great to see so many people wishing the big guy well.

 

[bugalugs213]

Sad to hear get better soon Roughy!

 

[Paul007]

Bugger the footy. Get well Roughie! Sounds bloody serious, hope he is comes through it. I had my first inspection at the dermatologist the other day and they didn't find anything but doesn't mean something won't spring up in 6 months time.

 

[play2win]

Am hearing it was a large piece of lip along with tissue taken in a 5cm diameter around the melanoma.
The plastic surgery is quite tricky & he can't not take the field until it's healed significantly.
Looking at 4 weeks minimum I'd think

5cm diameter is a lot, and if that's the case my guess is much longer than 4 weeks. I had one out and it was only the size of a 10c piece taken out. Imagine that taken off your face, ouch. I don't care how long he is out for, just hoping the prognosis is all clear asap.

 

[bindas12]

Hoping the Surgery went well... read that he's in good spirits as you'd expect from a bloke like him..
Hawthorn will support him and put health first like we do with all our people...
And we'll cope OK while he's away..

 

[GOHORCS]

Best of luck to Rough from a fellow ranga.

 

[LuvMyHawks]

We all love our Roughie, a better guy you wouldn't meet. Will hope and pray you will get on the rehab list, and totally clear that terrible big C word.Good luck Roughie.We will miss you

 

[Apex36]

Best of luck to Roughie. Normally I'd be stoked to see him as an out on the team sheet when we're playing you guys, but not like this.

Fingers crossed it all turns out well for the big fella. Easily my fave Hawks player, and a very likable bloke to boot.

 

[Ceebee]

He needs to take care of himself.

Footy should be the last thing on his mind.

Hope all goes well for him.

 

[happy punter]

Get well soon big Roughie

 

[cuttlefish]

Ouch ! Sounds like a considerable chunk of his lip had to be removed. Hoping for a smooth recovery for one of my favourite gingers ! Might make him consider settling down and making lots of father-sons...just to flesh out our squad on 20 years or so ::thumbs up::

 

[Bojangles17]

Just wanted to pass on my best wishes to roughy, get well soon man . I m sure in you re in great hands

 

[nelroo]

No there is not. We just need to hope that it was identified early enough and that it has all been removed.

Best wishes to Roughy and his family

There is a fair chance they have got it early if as reported is correct that he gets skin checks every 3 months. Smart man if this is the case. Fingers crossed for him!

 

[Horace]

All the very best to Roughy. This is a very serious situation. Melanoma's can kill very quickly and with his type of complexion he is a real target for any form of skin cancer. Probably spent a lot of his childhood outside playing sport and if so, without the proper use of UV protection, would have started the ball rolling.

 

[B&GBlood]

It's a worry that he's missing any time for this. A lot of the time it can be cut out in day surgery with local anesthetic and then you can go about your day just like getting a filling at the dentist. I hope this doesn't mean it's spread at all . Hopefully it's just time off so he doesn't need to worry about football as he gets the necessary tests done to confirm it hasn't spread.

I imagine a whack in the chops from the fullback might not be the best post operative care.