AFTER 40 years as a columnist Peter Rhodes has been forced to hang up his pen. Here, he explains why…
“To begin at the beginning.
“On August 15 this year during a routine blood pressure check, I agreed to have a PSA test for prostate cancer.
“The doctors found nothing wrong with my prostate gland. However, what they did find was a cancer of the kidney and multiple blood clots in the lungs.
“I was summoned to A&E and since then have been bed-ridden and my condition is terminal.
“I wanted to thank all the thousands of readers who have read my columns over the years and hopefully enjoyed them.
“So here I am, supported by the best team of medics and carers anyone could wish for, awaiting what Kipling called ‘The Great Perhaps’.
“As a member of the luckiest generation in human history, my aim now is to complete this year and I have every hope of celebrating Christmas.
“With all best wishes for the festive season,”
Peter Rhodes
lThe JEP would like to thank Peter for entertaining our readers with his column for two decades and wish him and his family all the best.
