Susie Maroney Reveals: ‘I Have Cancer’

By Jess Harris - Feb 22, 2016

Swimming legend Susie Maroney has announced that she is battling cancer and has opened up about her diagnosis.

The 41-year-old is scheduled for surgery at Kareena Private Hospital in Sydney, where a nine-centimetre long incision is expected to be made to remove a malignant melanoma.

Susie opened up to New Idea, saying she feared for her three young children.

“They’re so young and they need me,” she told the magazine. “I’m their primary carer and if anything happens to me. I was crying when I heard those words, because this is something you can die from.”

Susie said she is hoping that doctors are able to remove the whole cancer, otherwise further tests will be needed to see if they cancer has spread.

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Jess Harris

Hi, I’m Jess. Mum of 3 kids, happy wife and self-confessed gossip queen. I have a background in media and this is where my love of all things celeb began. Being a mother myself I understand we don’t always have time to sit down, have a cuppa and catch up on the latest breaking gossip stories – this is where I come in!