To lose weight after gaining nearly 20kg after blood cancer treatment, Indian policeman Nidhin Valsan set his sights on his first triathlon
A month after his 35th birthday, Nidhin Valsan received unwelcome news: a diagnosis of late-stage non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of blood cancer.
The senior officer with the Indian Police System was shaken, but he steeled himself for the fight of his life.
He would undergo gruelling treatment – and afterwards, train to complete his first triathlon: the Ironman 70.3 Goa.
He chronicles his return to wellness in his memoir Cancerman to Ironman: A Police Officer’s Journey of Arresting Illness. It describes his battle with cancer, the support system that sustained him, his struggle with anxiety and depression, and training for the Ironman.
