and then sitting with mr huget telling me, describing, you know, describing my case and saying what hey could do. and i'm sitting there, and this is a year later, and i'm thinking, is this guy telling me he can save my life? weird beyond weird, you know. and i remember walking away from that meeting, actually laughing and thinking, this is stupid. i mean, you wouldn't accept this in a soap opera! to cut this gory story a little bit short, you had a massive surgery, i think it lasted ten hours or something. and he cut out a three kilograms tumour? yes. and in essence, he saved your life. are you still totally in remission? yes, i go for a scan every six months. and they keep an eye on things. but i'm 0k. so here you are with the sort of second life? yes. i mean, i think you've turned 70? yes. it must feel almost like you're a newborn! yes! i mean, i think i learned during that time that you just never know what's going to happen. i mean, i never thought, as you say, i turned 70 last month. i didn't think that was going to happen. i never thought that was going to happen anyway! i certai