By Jennifer Pagliaro
Toronto councillor Rob Ford speaks to reporters Thursday after meeting with doctors at Mt. Sinai hospital
Toronto councillor Rob Ford speaks to reporters Thursday after meeting with doctors at Mt. Sinai hospital
Councillor Rob Ford (click here) says he is “99 per cent sure” his cancer has returned as he prepares to start chemotherapy again next week.
“We’re praying that it’s benign but you’ve got to deal with the realistic part of things and 99 per cent sure that it’s malignant,” said an emotional Ford outside Mt. Sinai Hospital on Thursday afternoon about a new tumour pushing on his bladder. “We’ve got to start this whole process over again.”
Ford said they are still awaiting results of a biopsy to confirm whether the new growth is malignant.
After two rounds of chemotherapy, Ford said he hopes the tumour will be operable by the end of December.
“That’s my Christmas gift,” he said. “I’m optimistic, but I’m a realist too. If this has spread once, where else has it gone?”
Doug Ford earlier told reporters: “The tumour is consistent with the previous tumour,” referring to the pleomorphic liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer, his brother was diagnosed with last year....
