DamanC Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Footballing legend George Best is unlikely to survive another 24 hours, his doctor has said. He could not recover from the internal bleeding that developed during 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. The ex-Northern Ireland and Manchester United star, 59, deteriorated with a lung infection on Friday, after almost eight weeks in hospital. Professor Williams said on Thursday: "Mr Best is coming to the end of the long road of his ill health. It is just not possible to recover from that Professor Roger Williams on George Best's internal bleeding "The situation is that medically the intensive care team and everybody concerned have managed to cope with pretty well all of the complications except the one that has happened again during the night - this bleeding. "Although [the blood] has been replaced, it has now affected the lungs and other parts, and there is really no return from that situation. "It is just not possible to recover from that." He added: "He is still having standard medical care and treatment but I have to tell you that his hours are numbered now and it's all very upsetting." Family vigil Best was admitted to hospital on 1 October with flu-like symptoms, and suffered a kidney infection and internal bleeding before the latest decline. Drugs needed after his liver transplant in 2002 had made the recovering alcoholic more susceptible to infection. Best's closest family arrived at the west London hospital on Thursday looking very upset and asked the gathered media not to film or photograph them as they went in. Best underwent a liver transplant operation in 2002 Things had looked more positive earlier in the week when Best regained consciousness. He was taken off sedation and described as "fairly stable" by Professor Williams. But then his condition deteriorated once more between 0100 and 0200 GMT on Wednesday. Best helped Manchester United win the European Cup in 1968 - the first English club to do so - and he was European Footballer of the Year that same year. His style captivated football fans around the world but his playboy lifestyle degenerated into alcoholism and bankruptcy. taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4465456.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyb10supra Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 harsh but serves him right really....he had a liver transplant ahead of all those who needed one and just abused that as well by still drinking to much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MARTIN R Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I feel its a real loss, but I cant help thinking its some what deserved. How many times do you have to be told stop drinking or you die. I guess I am lucky the only addiction I have is spending money on my Supra and posting on this forum:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 http://www.turbomr2.co.uk/PintOfBest.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Such a shame - a legend is to leave us, however, I can't help but think the same as above, he threw it all away and took the liver from someone that would have done their damnedest to live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heckler Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 harsh but serves him right really....he had a liver transplant ahead of all those who needed one and just abused that as well by still drinking to much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Good, now the money and a free bed can be given to someone who deserves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Yep - have to say...who cares? No sympathy here. He had everything and has been a right twat about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 He's blunt, but he has a point.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 wow you guys are blunt to say the least . lets appreciate his footballing talents , it was his choice after all to abuse his body , and pay the ultimate price by the looks of it . ill remember him as a football genious rather than an alcoholic . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I really hope they don't cancel anything good on TV when he dies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 wow you guys are blunt to say the least . lets appreciate his footballing talents , it was his choice after all to abuse his body , and pay the ultimate price by the looks of it . ill remember him as a football genious rather than an alcoholic . I'm sure he was good at kicking a ball....sorry but his off the field antics have completely over shadowed any accomplishments...but that's probably cause I'm too young to know what they were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 He's just one man in a world full of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoriFan Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 http://www.turbomr2.co.uk/PintOfBest.jpg michael, thats funniest thing i have seen for a while, good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaoriFan Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 as for Best himself, true he is a legend for his on the field skills, and also off, i suppose. so he turned into an alcoholic, but really its his own fault, he had choices, and chose that. personally suffering from alcoholic hepatitis and taking a liver from someone who could have needed one is just wrong imho, and it annoys me. lots of people suffer from cancer, heart disease etc, and through no fault of their own, if only the money could be spent of finding cures for those. i dont know him as a person, but i just find it so off, that people waste resources of the Health Services here final point: its sad seeing how he looks recently when on tv, but if he had changed his life years ago, there would have been different outcome, he is no age really. but its just typical overpaid sportsperson, no grip on reality. just my thoughts on all of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Yes he was a genius with a football but i work in the medical world and see people die every day while waiting for transplants of all sorts. These are good people who contracted their disease through no fault of their own. When i see someone like Best jump the queue for his transplant, the reason for which was very much his own fault, because of his "celebrity" status, it pisses me right off. To then see him abuse that new liver that could have gone to a much more deserving person all sympathy goes right out of the window. I know alcohol is a drug and i cannot possibly comprehend how difficult it must have been for him to give up but when someone has generously given him a second chance at life you at least expect him to take it. therefore he has no sympathy from me. Yes he will be remembered for his football skills but as stated, for me, he will be more remembered for being a very selfish alcoholic. Sorry if this offends anyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 It'd be ironic if he does die today. First day of 24hr drinking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Sorry if this offends anyone. I wouldn't be mate! Its true! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnK Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Glad im not the only one on here that couldnt care less. Self inflicted most of it. Ive heard it said for around a week now - why doesnt he hurry up and die. Not nice but a fair few people are sick of hearing about him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 should nt wish anyone to die john Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 A "what if" scenario... It would have been much better if he'd karked it by crashing a ferrari of a cliff in Monte Carlo back in his glory days, probably with a top "bird" in the seat with him. That's how I'd like to go, and how I'll remember him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 Im with the harsh people, so he could kick a football, how does that help anybody? No sympathy for him at all, sympathy for his family naturally but he chose his own path even though he had it all. JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSupra Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 I have to say nobody "deserves to die" especially not in the horrendous way his life is coming to an end, HOWEVER i know how i'd feel if i was part of the family of the person who's liver he got. I'd certainly not shed a tear. And to all the people who say about his talents on the field - true point, but what are people going to remember George Best for? Amazing footballer or total alcoholic with no respect for any other? Food for thought..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezz Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 No sympathy at all. Waste of air time hearing about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprasport Posted November 24, 2005 Share Posted November 24, 2005 he isn't asking for your sympathy. he once said that he wouldn't do anything different he has had one hell of a life, good for him, now let him die in piece. why not just remember him as a bloke who loved life and lived it to the full, and he did it how he wanted to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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