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Colin Burke was the fittest he'd ever been when he was first diagnosed with cancer.
The news came as a total shock to the then 57-year-old, when he was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2005.
"I've always played sport and I was swimming at the Australian titles at the time," Mr Burke said.
"I was probably the fittest I've ever been in my life and it just came out of the blue.
"I asked the surgeon 'why?' and he said I was just unlucky ⦠it was sobering."
The cancer troubles did not stop there.
Colin Burke has battled three different types of cancer.