DARCY FULLER | Health | Contact
Many other surgeons had written off Beryln Colt as a lost cause.
The 67-year-old’s lifelong love of heavy cigarettes, sunbathing and cured meats had caught up with her and it seemed that her time on this hellscape of a planet was about to come to a premature end.
Enter Associate Professor Angela Brock-Jones, who spoke briefly to The Advocate this morning via telephone.
Ms Colt was offered a lifeline by the popular Brisbane-based instructing surgeon, who said she’d seen patients in similar circumstances before.
“I remember being out on smoko one morning, while I was sunning myself in the designated smoking area, when I was thumbing through Lancet I came across a case in Canada that stood out to me,” she said.
“So I downloaded the instructions on how to do the operation, rang old Ms Colt and the next week, we were in theatre.”
That was five years ago.
Today, Beryl is a 72-year-old with a new lease on life – who thanks God every morning for her blessing.
The Betoota Heights Bowling Club Treasurer told our reporters this afternoon that while she acknowledges the expertise of the men and women who cured her of her terminal illness, it was God who ultimately came through with the bickies.
“I’m not even that religious,” she said.
“But I know a miracle when I see one. God saved my life and I pray every day to His kingdom on high for all my good health and graces. I’m even prepared to kill in His name. All he has to do is ask.”
However, Professor Brock-Jones has lashed out at patients who feel obliged to thank a 2000-year-old wizard who lets bad things happen to good people all the time.
“Just once,” she said.
“I’d like someone to maybe be like, ‘Oh, Professor, thank you for taking time out of your busy day to operate on me and in turn, saving my fucking miserable, pathetic life from the jaws of death,’ but no. It never comes,”
“I try to not let people die all the time and fucking God lets really good people die in horrible ways all the time. I read about some guy who drowned in concrete the other day. Fuck that. God let that happen.”
More to come.
