He seemed healthy till the doctors got hold of him. They hit him with radiation,drilled holes in his head,bombarded him with pills. He might very well be sitting at his desk right now if he didn't go into the hospital.
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I really wonder about that , too. If the mayor had waited to see his regular physician, or even if he would have gone to South Side or one of the other community hospitals' ER instead of an institution which specializes in these rare and dread diseases, he might still be looking for a diagnosis at this point in time. And he might be in better condition as well.
The man was sick and needed to see a doctor or he wouldn't have gone to the ER. It's hard for patients to decide what to do when diagnosed with cancer. Do you try to beat it or not? It's human nature to want to 'do something' to try to get better.
We had a friend who was diagnosed with Acute leukemia at the age of 26. He was very tired and was having some flu like symptoms. He was diagnosed about 6 days before he died.