And The Tigers Come At Night
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AUGUST 2004 “Well Mr Jay” he said, “You’ve got cancer” he said “Oh” I said “It’s High Grade” he said, “that means it’s aggressive” he said “Oh” I said “We have a multi-discipline meeting every Monday” He said “Oh” I said, “I see” I added, anxious to show that I could be as good a conversationalist as the next man, providing of course that the next man wasn’t Billy Connelly “At last weeks meeting you were brought up” he said Just call me ‘vomit’, I thought, “Oh” I said “The meeting was not convinced that the cancer has not already spread to your bones and surrounding tissue” he said “Oh,” then, “Oh dear” I said, stretching my vocabulary “We have arranged for you to have a full body bone scan, and an MRI scan of the pelvic and abdominal regions” he said “Oh” I said, then, finding my voice developed the theme “When will that…….?” “Dr. MacDermot will write to you” he interrupted “Oh” I said “How soo…….?” “Dr MacDermot will contact you”, he tidied his papers “Yes, but I wou……….” “I’m sure Dr McDermot will treat it as priority” he interrupted again He leaned on his desk and half raised himself, as if to get up. The consultation was clearly over. “Thank you” I said, and, climbing down of
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AND THE TIGERS COME AT NIGHT is a funny and light hearted book on a subject as serious as life itself. The author was diagnosed with Prostate Cancer in 2004 at the comparatively young age of 62. The diagnosis resulted in major surgery. The book traces the four months from diagnosis to operating theatre. Down what the author calls ‘THE PROSTATE PATH’. It deals with the fears the hopes – the Tigers that visit him in the pre-dawn. It faces each stage with humour and fun, dealing light-heartedly, not only pre-op, but the aftermath and the resulting problems as well. No-one who reads it can fail to be amused, and in so being comforted in their own distress. It is a must-read for anyone facing that heart-stopping diagnosis.
About the Author
BASIL JAY – was born in
‘AND THE TIGERS COME AT NIGHT’ is his second book. His first, ‘THE THIRTEENTH NIGHT’ having been published in 1996. Basil has also written a series of books for younger children called ‘THE ADVENTURES OF TWIG’, and compiled and recorded two anthologies of poetry on cassette. THE GREAT POETS, and THE SOLDIER POETS for which he also composed the background music.