Clive Rice dies aged 66
Rice dies from septicemia in Cape Town, South Africa. His family say he was admitted after suffering from severe stomach pains.
Brain tumor treated in India
Rice has CyberKnife robotic radio surgery in Bangalore, India to treat brain tumor which can not be treated using regular surgery methods.
When they tell you they can do nothing about the medical condition in SA and you are going to die, you need to have a plan B in place. That was my plan B. You have to be proactive.
The surgery is successful.
It went very well and I feel good. It went much better than I had expected. You cannot believe how fantastic the technology is (in India). I experienced no pain during the treatment and the fear that the cancer would spread to my left has also dissipated. I received CyberKnife treatment for three hours.
Brain tumor diagnosis
Rice learns he has a large brain tumor.
It’s called an acoustic neuroma and it’s about 4cm long. The good news is that it’s benign, although removing it will cost me the hearing in my left ear.
On Bacher’s advice, he plans to have surgery in Hanover, Germany.
Ali told me that some things are negotiable – but in this case he was not prepared to negotiate with me. He insisted that I go to Hanover because that is were I will get the best possible treatment. I was planning on having the surgery done in South Africa, but I took Ali’s advice.
Meets Mother Teresa
On South African cricket team’s tour of India, Rice meets Mother Teresa. He later writes:
I was very concerned that the media were going to knock her over as they pushed for position to take this photo. What an amazing woman because the people that she had there did not know where their next grail of rice was coming from.