Comments on: Ivan Noble's Tumour Diary

Ivan Noble's Tumour Diary

scaryduck — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:56:43 -0800

Ivan Noble's Tumour Diary The BBC's Ivan Noble has been keeping an online diary of his fight against a malignant brain tumour. Alas, his illness is now getting the better of him, and this will be his final column. He has been, at times, an inspiration, incredibly brave and totally honest about his illness. As a former colleague, he shall also be remembered fondly. Start from the beginning, it's a must read.

By: eatcherry

eatcherry — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:20:50 -0800

I've been following Ivan's diary for a long time now and while this was somewhat inevitable, it is still incredibly sad.

By: Pretty_Generic

Pretty_Generic — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 03:29:05 -0800

Ugh. Good luck Ivan.

By: fandango_matt

fandango_matt — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:27:39 -0800

By: briank

briank — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 04:36:17 -0800

I, too, have been reading Noble's diary for the last couple of years and have found it so heartbreaking going through the ups and downs as his disease would regress and then advance. He has shown a degree of tenacity and an ability to adapt that few possess but all can admire.

By: lobstah

lobstah — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 05:29:35 -0800

a must read...Indeed !

By: Wolfdog

Wolfdog — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 06:25:03 -0800

A similar story, from the 1930s: http://www.hungarianquarterly.com/no145/p145.html

By: altolinguistic

altolinguistic — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 02:56:09 -0800

If anyone's still here, read this - he died yesterday. The last column was written last year in anticipation of his being too ill to write.

By: tizzie

tizzie — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:24:31 -0800

I just saw that, altolinguistic, and came here to see what had happened in this thread. A brave man. My thoughts are with his wife and children.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 01:35:36 -0800

Ivan Noble: an appreciation.

By: threehundredandsixty

threehundredandsixty — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 08:59:16 -0800

cancer confronts us with our mortality and fragility in such a cruel way. i read some of his columns and he seemed like a very brave and kind man. he's been an inspiration to many people, judging from the e-mail responses he got, and in this sense continues to live on.