I’ve been doing that for almost 20 years. It’s like anything else. After a while, it gets long in the tooth.” But when time is short, priorities sharpen. Poirier no longer plays an ac-tive role in organizing the Bikers Against Brain Cancer rides. In 2012, he asked the Kinsmen Club of Cornwall to take over because he wanted to spend more time with his family: wife Ginny, daugh-ter Crystal, and sons Zachary and BJ. Poirier has taken his family to the Bahamas, Mexico and other places re-cently, “to show them there’s something more than Cornwall in the world.” Poirier further honed his priorities when the tumour reappeared in 2010. This time, it was even more serious. It had migrated into the Broca’s area of his brain – the part in charge of speech – so the tumour proved practically in-operable. Surger y would render him mute. He underwent temozolomide chemo-therapy. “It’s the same treatment Ted Kennedy used. It didn’t work for him, but I think the difference is, he was di-agnosed in his late 60s. I was diagnosed in my late 20s. That 40-year gap gives you more of a chance to fight.” Filmmaker, bodybuilder After 23 months of chemo, Poirier re-turned his laser-like focus to the posi-tive. He filmed a documentary about his fight with cancer to raise awareness about the disease. Dubbed The Test of a Man (visit drpaulpoirier.com to see the trailer), it’s narrated by Ian Anderson, lead singer of rock band Jethro Tull. Poirier says he contacted many well-known artists to find a famous narrator. Anderson said yes. He also happens to have the “rich British accent” Poirier wanted for the film, the chiro-practor says. While working on the documentary, Poirier also trained for the Interna-tional Drug Free Athletics (IDFA), a bodybuilding competition. He entered Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College BACKS IN MOTION 10km Run & 5km Run/Walk SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2014 Silver Sponsors CMCC 31 st Annual Join the Chiropractor Team Challenge and help CMCC support the profession. Register at: www.cmcc.ca/BacksinMotion For more information: 416 482 2340 ext. 200 or [email protected] 22 Canadian Chiropractor February 2014 Media Sponsor Photo: Mai-Liis Renaud www.canadianchiropractor.ca
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