To be confronted by Mr Huguet and he was telling me I was going to live was strange. I didn’t want to worry about false hopes, second opinions or miracle cures. “Yes we can operate on this”.īeing condemned to death I absolutely accepted was I was going to die and there was no hope. He had a look at me and told me he wanted me to go to Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge to meet his old Oxford university friend Emmanuel Huguet. When I was diagnosed at Southend General hospital they told me quite definitely this condition was inoperable. (Later that year) Charlie thought there was something strange because by that time I should have been dead or very very seriously ill. I was talking to this photographer (Charlie Chan) at the Cornbury Festival and it turned out not only was he a photographer he was also a cancer surgeon. On the fan who fought his way backstage and subsequently saved his life You ain’t got nothing to prove and because everyone knows…you squeeze the maximum out of it! I went to Japan to say goodbye to all my chums there, do a couple of gigs and everyone knew I was dying, and wow! You can’t go wrong! They were fantastic gigs. On playing gigs when everyone knows you are dying By the time I got home I was ecstatic and that feeling lasted several months.įrom the moment the guy said to me you’ve got cancer everything changes. I walked out of the hospital on a beautiful winters day and looked at the trees and thought “I’m alive, I’m alive!”.
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He has lived a full life, so here are some pearls of wisdom from Wilko Johnson himself from last night’s launch: After a further referral to a specialist cancer doctor, Wilko discovered his life could be saved after all. Whilst playing a farewell tour, he was approached by a fan called Charlie Chan who was a photographer and also happened to be a cancer surgeon (I know, you couldn’t make it up). In a cruel twist of fate in January 2013 he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. In latter years Wilko has enjoyed a career revival sparked by a Julien Temple documentary. The former Dr Feelgood guitarist has written about his extraordinary life: chart topping success, the argument that led to the break up of the band, his time with Ian Dury and of being the only person to be able to keep up with – and nearly have a fight with – Lemmy. Wilko Johnson was at Rough Trade East last night in conversation with author Zoë Howe to discuss his new book “Don’t You Leave Me Here”. Wilko Johnson Cheerfully Discusses Death, Depression, Cancer….and Canvey Islandīy Every Record Tells A Story on J
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