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Posted by Dr Zoidberg on 10/06/58 11:30
Alex wrote:
> "Colin Wilson" <void@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1dcb7f7dbd8d8c3e98968f@news.individual.net...
>>> Have no sympathy for him. Wasted the 2nd chance he was given.
>>> Someone else could have done better with it.
>>
>> My father in law died of liver cancer - he didn't get the chance of a
>> transplant (he wasn't famous !)
>>
>> As soon as he knew he was ill he stopped drinking / smoking, and the
>> *only* time he took another drink was when he was in a hospice a
>> couple of days before he died. At that stage of the game it becomes
>> irrelevant what you do as you're on borrowed time. The nurses know
>> that, you know that, but he was still hesitant.
>
> My condolences - though in Best's defence he did not get any
> preferential treatment when going on the transplant list: you cannot
> jump that queue in the UK with money (not that he has much I think).
>
But you can if you are famous.
There are plenty of people needing transplants that wouldn't have carried on
getting pissed. He must have been picked ahead of them for some reason
--
Alex
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