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Rob Ford Scheduled to Have Surgery in May
The former mayor learned that his malignant abdominal tumour has shrunk enough to qualify for surgery.
Rob Ford announces his diagnosis in a screenshot from CP24.
Ford is scheduled to have an eight to 10 hour operation on May 11. He will take four months off to recover from the surgery.
The former mayor is now the councillor for Ward 2, Etobicoke North, having dropped out of the mayoral race in September 2014 after learning that he had a malignant abdominal tumour. At 12 centimetres—the size of a grapefruit—the tumour was very large, and multiple rounds of chemotherapy have reduced its size to 5.6 centimetres. While it is an improvement, the tumour is also larger than the 3.5 centimetres doctors hoped for.
Ford thanked God, hospital staff, his family, and well-wishers for their support, and said that he didn’t get much sleep the night before.
The councillor returned to the ongoing council session after the presser.