Unfortunately, Christopher was correct about his assessment of his future.

Cancer was taking away the life that he knew and loved. On the morning that he went in for a biopsy on the tumors that the doctors discovered in the collarbone area and in his lymph nodes, Christopher knew that his life would be forever changed. Amazingly, Christopher recovered enough to keep his commitment for an appearance on the Jon Stewart show and a showing with his friend Salman Rushdie that night without anyone suspecting that something very serious was wrong with him. However, they gave him the dire advise to see an oncologist. The ER doctors were able to restore a normal status to his heart, lungs and blood pressure. The EMT team helped to bring a measure of comfort to Christopher as they immediately dispatched him to the hospital. However, help, in the form of EMTs with their scary boots and helmets looking ready for battle, came quickly. He barely made it across the room to call for help. His chest felt weighted down with concrete and he could hardly breathe. He woke early in his hotel room in New York City on the morning of the day that the tour was beginning, with a pain and agony that he could not understand or describe. At the time, Christopher Hitchens was just launching an American book tour and was very excited and enthused about it. 'Mortality' by Christopher Hitchens is the story of the writer and political analyst's life during the last nineteen months of his life after he was diagnosed with Stage 4 esophageal cancer.

Mortality by christopher hitchens