SMH Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Footballing legend George Best is unlikely to survive another 24 hours, his doctor has said.Best, 59, could not recover from the internal bleeding that developed in the night, Professor Roger Williams said. "I have to tell you his hours are numbered," he said at Cromwell Hospital, west London, at 1250 GMT. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4465456.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powa Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Sad news indeed. He was one of the best footballers to ever play the game, even if he did throw away his life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdog666al Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Holy ****, I saw the thread title and I thought it said "George Bush just hours to live" I was like :o Shame... :p I'm not a football fan but sad news all the same. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alter_Ego Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 GREAT PLAYER, GREAT GUY... LEGEND FOR OUR COUNTRY AND A LEGEND FOR MAN U... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mx Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Very sad :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 This is very sad news indeed, even though he brought it on himself. He is a footballing legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEROarmy Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Never heard of him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyul Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Apparently his donating his organs? Thats what my aunt just told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealthy_Singh Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Yes he is a legend, BUT, he did not deserve his liver that he got as a transplant. He wasted it away while someone who didn't drink alcohol who needed it died. Livers are not given to anyone who drinks alcohol, but he was given his because of his fame which is not right. I don't like to see anyone die but he threw his life away even when he had his second chance so I can't say he has my sympathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planetik Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Holy ****, I saw the thread title and I thought it said "George Bush just hours to live" I was like :oShame... :p I'm not a football fan but sad news all the same. :( 586849200[/snapback] Haha same here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodel Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Yes he is a legend, BUT, he did not deserve his liver that he got as a transplant. He wasted it away while someone who didn't drink alcohol who needed it died. Livers are not given to anyone who drinks alcohol, but he was given his because of his fame which is not right. I don't like to see anyone die but he threw his life away even when he had his second chance so I can't say he has my sympathy. 586849252[/snapback] I agree partly, but at the same time it is an illness, I doubt he just figured he could get really ****ed on his new liver without any of the addiction talking him into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealthy_Singh Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I agree partly, but at the same time it is an illness, I doubt he just figured he could get really ****ed on his new liver without any of the addiction talking him into it. 586849276[/snapback] I'm not saying it's not an illness, I'm training to be a dentist so I do learn about substance abuse and that includes alcohol. But he had a chance which he never should've had. Like I said someone died while he got a liver. Where is the sympathy of him/her who died, no one knows who it is so no one cares. The choice should not have been Best's but it was. And the fact that he was given that choice shows that someone thinks his life is worth more than someone elses. Just because alcoholism is an illness doesn't mean he should be given special dispensation regarding treatment because other alcoholics don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyul Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Dont have to have someone die to have a liver, liver is the only organ in the body that can heal itself so it could of been donated from a living person. Although i have no idea where he got his new liver :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt3h Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Sad news yes and he is a legend but as mentioned above it was self-inflicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomwarren Veteran Posted November 24, 2005 Veteran Share Posted November 24, 2005 He never deserved to be treated anyway. We as tax payers are paying to keep him alive when he is a complete waster. Just because he played football well doesn't really make him an amazing human being in my opinion. He smacked his wife around and drunk his liver away so he should have been long gone by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodel Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I'm not saying it's not an illness, I'm training to be a dentist so I do learn about substance abuse and that includes alcohol. But he had a chance which he never should've had. Like I said someone died while he got a liver. Where is the sympathy of him/her who died, no one knows who it is so no one cares. The choice should not have been Best's but it was. And the fact that he was given that choice shows that someone thinks his life is worth more than someone elses. Just because alcoholism is an illness doesn't mean he should be given special dispensation regarding treatment because other alcoholics don't get it. 586849326[/snapback] No one ever gets a liver donated to them through damage they have done to thier own from alchol? I didn't know that, and in which case yea I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamNeeds Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Personally i will not miss him. I know thats a bad thing to say but he got a liver when his previous one started to fail due to acholism. Then once he got his new liver...he threw that one away due to further acholism - which to me is disgusting. I was really outraged by him doing that. Someone else could have had that liver and lived a full life but he got it and abused it. Dont get me wrong, he was a legend...but he ruined it in later years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealthy_Singh Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Dont have to have someone die to have a liver, liver is the only organ in the body that can heal itself so it could of been donated from a living person. Although i have no idea where he got his new liver?:rolleyes:: 586849368[/snapback] Yes the liver has a great potential for regeneration, the greatest in the body infact (the skin is actually an organ and can heal itself!), however donated livers come from deceased donors as the whole liver is needed. Oh yeah and the person I mentioned dying is not the donor but the person who missed out on the liver that Best took! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danyul Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Ah okay, i just thought it was able to take part of someone elses and allow it to grow back in the new persons body. Must of misheard it from somewhere :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lnmnky Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 Skysports has announced he's actually dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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