Eight months ago doctors told Jon Matthews: "Don't make plans for Christmas." But he had already bet £100 that he would survive. Matthews said: "This time last year I rangWilliam Hill[a major British gambling company] and they gave me odds of 50/1." Doctors diagnosed mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, in April 2006.
"The longest they knew of anyone surviving it after diagnosis was 25 months," he said. "But today is 25 months and a week." Graham Sharpe, a spokesman for William Hill, said: "I've never been so pleased to pay a winning client £5,000."
Eight months ago doctors told Jon Matthews: "Don't make plans for Christmas." But he had already bet £100 that he would survive. Matthews said: "This time last year I rangWilliam Hill[a major British gambling company] and they gave me odds of 50/1." Doctors diagnosed mesothelioma, a form of lung cancer, in April 2006.
"The longest they knew of anyone surviving it after diagnosis was 25 months," he said. "But today is 25 months and a week." Graham Sharpe, a spokesman for William Hill, said: "I've never been so pleased to pay a winning client £5,000."
From theUK Telegraph