He thought his liver cancer was cured, then tumours appeared in his lung

Despite his physical limitations from having just one lung, Salleh realises how lucky he is that his cancer treatment has generally gone quite smoothly. Photo: THESTAR/Art Chen

At the age of 55, it’s not surprising that one might consider taking an early retirement. For former sales manager Mohd Salleh Yusof, however, the fact that he only has one lung left played a major role in his decision to “take a rest” from the corporate life. Health, as he says, is indeed more important than wealth and spending time with the family is top priority.

His health problems, however, didn’t start with his lungs. Five years ago, he experienced such a severe pain at his right abdomen that he couldn't even drive himself home to Seremban from his office in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, after a work trip to Kuala Lumpur.