Grant Lanston eye tumor puts career in doubt
Posted on September 8, 2008
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Grant Langston finally got to run his #1 plate at a National. Unfortunately for him, it was just during opening ceremonies at Steel City. Langston has never even tried to defend a single championship. After he won the 2000 125cc World Championship, he moved to the USA. After his ‘03 AMA 125cc National MX Championship, he moved up and out of the class. Then, after moving back to the 125cc/Lites class, he won 125cc Regional SX titles on each coast before moving back up for 2007. Now, after finally winning a title you would’ve thought he would be forced to defend, he came down with the eye ailment that has hindered him all year.
Grant Langston was very happy to be at the racetrack last weekend
“The thing is, the diagnosis [on my eye] has changed,” Langston said. “Originally, it was diagnosed as a hemangioma, which is basically a blood clot in or somewhere around the eye, and I had it kind of a little bit behind and in the eye. It was leaking in there. That’s what was causing the problems. I did cold-laser treatment, and what actually happened is – I don’t know all of the ins and outs of it, but I don’t know if it developed from this, or if it was just coincidental – it’s now a full-blown tumor.”
After going to all kinds of eye doctors all around the country, Langston says he’s now busy seeing tumor specialists to figure out if it’s cancer or just benign. There have been rumors that Langston would have to go into early – even if only temporary – retirement until his eye is sorted out. “At this point, every day I lay in bed and think about these things,” Langston said. “What do I do? Sponsors want to know, friends want to know, my family wants me to be healthy regardless, and it’s like, there are so many scenarios going through my head, and I until I know for sure exactly what the outcome is going to be or what I have to do [to fix it], I don’t want to make any comments like that.”
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