Those of you who know, John Picko Pickering has VHL which is the seventh rarest human disease in the world. It manifests itself in many ways including kidney cancer which Picko has got (only got one kidney at 30%) and numerous secondaries in his liver, pancreas, pelvis, spine and chest. In December 2010 he was given 12 weeks to live without any treatment. Ten weeks into his 12 I went to see him and he had had no treatment. "Not looking good, mate?" I said. Since then he has been to hell and back several times with chemo side effects and many times I have left visiting him in hospital thinking that was the end only to find him the life and soul of the party two days later. This is his latest Facebook posting.
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