Sir, You Are To Die Shortly.... Err, Scratch That Thought

[missionhockey21]

It's a tough story, but I don't know if its something the hospital should do as that would set precedent for possibly others to exploit on less sever diagnoses. But that has to be a weird feeling, expecting to die and living like it, only to have life come back and hit you hard with the new knowledge that you won't be dying soon and that you royally screwed yourself and your new found years over. Life is both good and bad new for him basically (mostly good of course.)

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man who went on a wild spending spree after doctors said he only had a short time to live wants compensation because the diagnosis was wrong and he is now healthy -- but broke.

John Brandrick, 62, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two years ago and told that he would probably die within a year.

He quit his job, sold or gave away nearly all his possessions, stopped paying his mortgage and spent his savings dining out and going on holiday.

Brandrick was left with little more than the black suit, white shirt and red tie that he had planned to be buried in when it emerged a year later that his suspected "tumor" was no more than a non-life threatening inflammation of the pancreas.

"When they tell you you've got a limited time and everything, you do enjoy life," Brandrick, from Cornwall in the west of England, told Sky television.

"I'm really pleased that I've got a second chance in life... but if you haven't got no money after all this, which is my fault -- I spent it all -- they should pay something back."

If he can't get compensation, he is considering selling his house or suing the hospital that diagnosed him. The hospital has said that while it sympathizes with Brandrick, a review of his case showed no different diagnosis would have been made.

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[DravenX]

Yeah he is stupid. Doctors are not always right.

[Halladay_is_God]

the pancreas strikes again!