but it just. .. to start with, i m intrigued that you are, at this point, so focused on what your death will be like, rather than the process of to use the cliche so often used with cancer rather than fighting the disease. oh, well, that s a waste of time. i mean, i ve had treatment. i need to get on with my life, do the things i want to do, which is mainly writing and seeing as much of my grandchildren as i can. i m lucky the treatment s been all right. i mean, the effects of chemical castration i could do without them, but they re not that bad. i don t believe in all this fighting cancer business. i m fighting the side effects of the treatment, but that s a different question. but i m a doctor. i ve seen so many people die, many of them younger than myself. they wanted to live, go on living, as much as i want to go on living. so i m, in a sense, fatalistic about it. i want to ask you about that experience of yours and what it means to you, because i just wonder,
of chemical castration i could do without them, but they re not that bad. i don t believe in all this fighting cancer business. i m fighting the side effects of the treatment, but that s a different question. but i m a doctor. i have seen so many people die, many of them younger than myself. they wanted to live, go on living, as much as i want to go on living. so i m, in a sense, fatalistic about it. i want to ask you about that experience of yours and what it means to you, because ijust wonder, now that you yourself are in this terribly difficult position, knowing that you have a potentially terminal illness, has it made you reflect on the way you treated your patients who were in a similar position? and, looking back, do you think you might have done things a little differently? the answer is yes. i mean, it s such a common observation from older doctors, who say, as i now say. i was just recording a lecture for colleagues
so powerful and interesting about what you ve already revealed of your own situation. but it just. .. to start with, i m intrigued that you are, at this point, so focused on what your death will be like, rather than the process of to use the cliche so often used with cancer rather than fighting the disease. oh, well, that s a waste of time. i mean, i ve had treatment. i need to get on with my life, do the things i want to do, which is mainly writing and seeing as much of my grandchildren as i can. i m lucky the treatment s been all right. i mean, the effects of chemical castration i could do without them, but they re not that bad. i don t believe in all this fighting cancer business. i m fighting the side effects of the treatment, but that s a different question. but i m a doctor. i have seen so many people die, many of them younger than myself. they wanted to live, go on living, as much as i want to go on living. so i m, in a sense, fatalistic about it. i want to ask you about t
of chemical castration i could do without them, but they re not. they re not that bad. i don t believe in all this fighting cancer business. i m fighting the side effects of the treatment, but that s a different question. but i m a doctor. i have seen so many people die, many of them younger than myself. they wanted to live, go on living, as much as i want to go on living. so i m, in a sense, fatalistic about it. i want to ask you about that experience of yours and what it means to you, because ijust wonder, now that you yourself are in this terribly difficult position, knowing that you have a potentially terminal illness, has it made you reflect on the way you treated your patients who were in a similar position? and, looking back, do you think you might have done things a little differently? the answer is yes. i mean, it s such a common observation from older doctors, who say, as i now say. i was just recording a lecture for colleagues in america this morning,