General Chat

I don't really feel for him. Alcoholism is a terrible disease, but he really doesn't seem to have made an effort to get better. I have seen him in the pub drinking (albeit I don't think he was drunk) AFTER he received the new liver. He goes to a local health spa, Forest Mere, and lives near Petersfield (Hampshire) where I saw him. There were/are people out there who would have benefited much mopre from a new liver, those who would be able to look after it. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that he wants to look after his new lease of life. He was a brilliant footballer - but he is only human, messed up, but doesn't seem to be able to sort it all out. It's sad, but I don't feel sympathy for him.

im sorry,but,im with dav on this i dont feel at all sorry for the idiot if that was a member of my family whose liver had been given to him then i would be so disgusted!! he totally abused the donor system. susie

hiya donna . no worries love x

Im so sorry if my posting offended anyone....i was sort of quoting what George himself had said.....stardom and money didnt help me. Donna

hiya dav, why kiss your ass when i can kick it, i normanly end with a x. but under the circumstances i better not

hiya everyone . thanks for your replies.well we are at 6s and 7s on this , but at the end of the day. none of us would like to see him end up ------------- x

Well, tell it like it is, Dav!! I can see where you're coming from, though I wouldn't have put it like that, lol. David, just read the later replies on this thread. I thought his condition was a result of the drinking. OK, (holding her hands up) I didn't get my facts right. Guilty! But I read Twinkle's later reply, and my sentiments are the same. It must be heartbreaking to be waiting for a liver transplant and to have heard about him a while ago, when he started drinking again. x

Torn between sympathy and annoyance. I do think reformed alcoholics should receive transplants, even though there's a risk of relapse. Best has had access to help for his alcohol-dependency others haven't, because of his wealth and celebrity. That he still hasn't given up drinking for good by now probably means that he will never be able to until it kills him. It must be very tough on his family and friends. On the other hand, there are hundreds of people who will die waiting for a liver. It must be so frustrating to be on the list, then read the news about Best taking his new liver out on the town. He of all people should know just how precious a gift he was fortunate enough to received. And, thankfully, he will never, ever be eligable to go on the transplant list again, no matter what the organ or what the cause of it's failure is.

Yes George was brilliant in his day. But I still dont feel sorry for him. There are people urgently waiting for a transplant who would have been so happy to lead a normal life again and to enjoy that second chance, and what did that idiot do, sorry I dont feel sorry for him, he is a waste of tax payers money. Yvonne

George Best has a kidney infection as a result of the drugs needed to assist his liver transplant.... total media sh1te... George Best has drank himself into a stooper relentlessly despite being warned - having the luxury of a donor - and regardless went out on the lash to extremes again.. He walks over peoples lives like he is god and we are expected to feel sorry for him- well he can kiss my ass.. If it was your daughter, son or partner who donated or even worse required a liver... can you tell me you would be happy in the George has abused this second chance??? Think Not... So I understand what you are saying with regards it being a side effect of the drugs - but its not like its a recent transplant, he has been abusing it since it went in.. My best wishes and hopes are for those who really need a liver to share a second chance with their families and reach goals that are worthwhile... not this pi55head.. Dav

With all due respect to David , Best was told after his transplant ( which he got a bit quicker than most !!! ) that if he drank again he would cause himself injury, he has over the last two years been drinking, involved in fights with woman, through drink and not taken the advice of the doctors . The great Jimmy Greaves had and fought a drink problem , yet the only time I see him in the papers is when he is writing an article about the game he loved football. Yes George Best was a good footballer but I think he has abused the doner system by taking the p*** out of the doner and his family by drinking again after the transplant when told not to do so by the Doctors. Jeez there are thousands of people waiting for transplants in the country and I bet you none of them would have behaved the way George did . And yes my rant is over :-)))

George Best has many problems, not all of his own making. My thoughts and prayers are with him. June xx

I wish my brother could get off it too - often wonder what state his liver is in. Debby

hiya joy and thanks.yes pat a lot of footy players better than george, i think its the cheekiness (in nice way) that people like about him, a bit of a rough diamond if you will. but it depends on what floats your boat lol, now we could start a thread with that x

I have read - ''His current problems are thought to be related to immuno-suppressant drugs he has been taking since his lifesaving liver transplant operation in 2002 rather than alcohol abuse..... ....Best had been “off the drink” prior to being admitted to the hospital. It’s only reported when he’s on it. Best has asked for thanks to be passed on to all his supporters. “He wants to thank everybody who has sent him well wishes. He’s grateful for the support and understands the criticism,”. Professor Roger Williams, the doctor in charge of Best’s care, said today that he hoped the former Northern Ireland international could beat his drinking problems. “He can do it – he did it before, get off the alcohol. He has had long spells when he does not drink,” he told GMTV. “He is a very nice person and never complains. He is a very good patient and I have been his doctor for a good long time. Everybody is different, everybody has problems.”''. I agree, Sandra, with you. Joy

hiya david and thanks , ros i mean none of us is perfect .and therefore but for the grace of god go i. i rest my case x

Best's current illness isn't anything to do with drinking. He has an infection in his liver that is common in people who have had liver transplants. Hardly self inflicted:)

Sandra, I'm not quite sure why you used the expression 'those without sin cast the first stone' but as Dav in Lincs said, people wait years for a transplant. A close friend of ours is donating one of his kidneys to his daughter. She suffers from Allports syndrome, hereditary her Aunt died at 18 from the same condition. She is now 17, kidney function is down to 10% and as far as I know has only just gone on dialysis. This is not a self inflicted condition and we and everyone else are wishing them all the best and that it is a success. Ros.

I have to confess that all I can think of is that poor donor and the donor's family. What a waste of a good liver. I'm afraid I can't feel any sympathy for him whatsoever, and make no apologies for it. x

Plenty of great footballers at the time of George Best. Look at the whole of the England Squad of the 1960's early 1970's which included Bobby Moore, Bobby & Jack Charlton, Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters, Nobby Stiles, Gordon Banks they were brilliant, but they do not command the same adoration as George Best does I can't understand it. He wasn't the great player that people reckon for that long, don't think he could match the great Pele. I reckon he was well overrated, I think its sad he hasn't been able to reform, he was given a second chance and he still abuses his body. There must be many others who would love a second chance and would not abuse it. Pat x