{"id":27789,"date":"2014-10-03T22:32:29","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T14:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=27789"},"modified":"2014-10-03T19:01:55","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T11:01:55","slug":"rob-ford-says-doctors-told-him-cancer-has-5050-survival-rate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/10\/03\/rob-ford-says-doctors-told-him-cancer-has-5050-survival-rate\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Ford says doctors told him cancer has 50\/50 survival rate"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TORONTO\u2014The hardest part of battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer has been explaining it to his school-age children, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford said Thursday, admitting he sometimes cries himself to sleep.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe kids, it\u2019s ripping my heart out,\u201d a pale and tired-looking Ford told reporters outside his city hall office.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome nights I just cry myself to sleep, but what can you do, there\u2019s only that many tears that can be shed,\u201d he said hoarsely.<\/p>\n

Ford began chemotherapy last month after doctors found a tumour in his abdomen, with another round of the treatment scheduled to start next week.<\/p>\n

The mayor said doctors have told him there\u2019s a 50\/50 survival rate for his condition but stressed he always \u201csees the glass as half full\u201d and is taking it \u201cday to day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The diagnosis prompted Ford to pull out of the mayoral race to run for city council instead. His councillor brother Doug is now gunning for the mayor\u2019s seat.<\/p>\n

Ford said it\u2019s hard to predict whether he\u2019ll be able to take part in any debates ahead of the Oct. 27 election because his energy levels vary so much.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, he said chemotherapy has \u201cknocked the you-know-what\u201d out of him but he remains optimistic.<\/p>\n

He also said fighting cancer has been his biggest challenge in a year plagued with scandal, including his admitted drug use and a stint in rehab for alcohol abuse.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of the stuff that I\u2019ve gone through most of it\u2019s been self-inflicted but when you get hit with cancer, that\u2019s not self-inflicted. This is by far the worst event, it\u2019s taken its toll on me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw it with my dad, but I didn\u2019t feel it, I wasn\u2019t in his shoes, but I saw what he went through. And I just told the doctors, I just don\u2019t want to suffer.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ford\u2019s father\u2014Doug Ford Sr.\u2014died of colon cancer in 2006.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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