To Godfrey Farrugia: the best of luck
Godfrey Farrugia
Though as government whip he should have released a statement to the media rather than just writing about it on Facebook, Godfrey Farrugia – like deputy Opposition leader Beppe Fenech Adami before him – has been exemplary in communicating the facts of his illness immediately to the public.
This is what he wrote.
Dear friends,
First of all I cannot thank you enough for your support and good wishes.
Secondly, I would like to tell you what is happening. It all started when during routine screening blood tests, it transpired that my PSA result was abnormally high.
Obviously I sought a specialist consultation, who in turn directed me towards MRI, which resulted that I have two new growths in my prostate gland.
The next step was a biopsy which had to be repeated. As a complication of that intervention, it transpired that I developed a very high temperature which landed me in hospital after trying to battle it out for three days at home.
In the meantime, the results of the biopsy confirmed that I have aggressive cancer of the prostate, which requires radical surgery or radiotherapy.
Such procedures are routinely carried out in a London Hospital. Therefore, as soon as the necessary arrangements are made, I will undergo surgery to eradicate the tumour.
Hopefully, within fifteen days from surgery, I will be up and about delivering my Parliamentary duties with the usual vigour….
I wish to thank Mr Mattocks and his team who together with nursing personnel and ancillary staff are doing their best to provide me with the best of care.
I will keep you posted.