Sailing into the waters of hope

[KiwiCoromandel]

from the " here`s some good news for a change " dept........

Sailing into the waters of hope

By Alan Ramsey

February 12, 2005

Peter Cook was told six months ago he had a year to live. Either from fear or conviction, he rubbishes the diagnosis.

"There are a whole raft of people who seem to die by appointment," the West Australian Labor senator and former Hawke/Keating minister and ACTU vice-president, now 61, said two days ago. "Doctors tell them they've got X amount of time, and no matter how well they might be doing, they die at the appointed time. Well, bugger that. I went out and bought myself a yacht and I'm entering it in a race around the time I'm supposed to die. And on that day I'll be off. I won't cop this shit of death by appointment."........

Read more.........

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Alan-Ramsey/Sai...8061869888.html

[Redneck4sure]

Good for him. I hope he makes it. :)

[slum_goddess]

"My surgeon told me I should walk on [Perth's] Cottesloe beach, admire the sunset, drink a good red wine, and enjoy my wife, which I took as a doctorial euphemism for f---ing.

this is an elected official talking? COOL! :)

He referred me off to an oncologist who repeated the advice and told me I had a year to live. And that's what caused me to think, 'Well, bugger that'.

i wish him the best of luck and hope his committee comes up w/something he and other cancer patients can use to extend their lives/quality of life.