What do you all think of this guy?Veteran radio talkback host Derryn Hinch has been diagnosed with liver cancer.
Hinch announced on his 3AW radio show this afternoon that he would undergo "major surgery very soon".
The 66-year-old told listeners he would lose a third of his liver.
Derryn Hinch at the launch of the RSPCA 'Close Puppy Factories' campaign. Photo: Paul Rovere
Hinch said he would be told on Friday when he would be having the operation.
He would be away from 3AW for at least a month.
"It's crazy. I look and feel better than I have in years," he said.
Hinch said he was told 60 per cent of people with the condition had a life expectancy of five more years.
"I don't plan to be part of the other 40 per cent," he said.
"I am not down, I'm not depressed, I don't feel sorry for myself," he told listeners.
"I'm as passionate as ever about the causes that I'm fighting for and maybe even more so."
Hinch said he intended to make his condition into a project "for some good to come out of it" and planned to continue campaigning against alcohol abuse.
"I intend to beat it," he said.
"I know everyone says that but I do truly believe this is not the end; it's the beginning of something.
"As somebody once said, ‘That's life.' "
Hinch announced he had cirrhosis of the liver on Channel Nine's 60 Minutes in March 2007.
At the time, he mentioned a "growth" on his liver that doctors feared might be a malignant tumour.
It is good to see he was a great pisshead even though it was well hidden for a while. Always sad to hear someone who has got cancer. he seems to be puting on a brave face.
I think he has done some good in his outspokenness on many topics. But i have been away for a long time and have not heard what he has been up to in the last 10 years.
