Michael Douglas Cancer-Free!
Yippee: Mike’s cancer-free!
(Good news calls for a little cheesiness…..)
In his first television interview since undergoing treatment for Stage III throat cancer six months ago, Oscar winner Michael Douglas tells TODAY’s Matt Lauer that he’s beat the deadly disease.
“I feel good, relieved. The tumor is gone. But, you know, I have to check out on a monthly basis now to maintain. I guess there’s not a total euphoria. I’ll probably take a couple of months of getting checked out. But it’s been a wild six-month ride,” Douglas tells Lauer in a char that took place Monday and airs on TODAY this Tuesday and on Dateline NBC Jan. 23.
It’s been “a wild six-month ride,” the Wall Street actor adds.
When Douglas, 66, completed chemotheraphy in October. Doctors told him he had a 70 to 80 percent chance of making a full recovery.
“…All of a sudden the affection from my family, from my friends, and from my fans hit me at a much deeper level than I would have ever imagined before. And it gave me a really new appreciation of just how valuable, how precious good friends are, and family. And it’s not that I disregard them before, but there’s a much deeper feeling. And I’ve talked to other cancer survivors about this, that– that happens, that you just really, really appreciate what’s important in life.”
Michael is preparing to play the title role — alongside Matt Damon — in Steven Soderbergh’s biopic Liberace. And after that refreshing trip to Disney World over the Thanksgiving holiday, the actor says he’s looking forward to taking a trip around the world with his wife, actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, and their children, Carys, seven, and Dylan, 10.
Written by Castina on January 10th, 2011 | Tagged as: Michael Douglas
On January 12th 2011, lynne walker wrote:
Who does’nt love them, thanks this has given us hope as my husband is going through this and his treatment starts 24th jan he is having K & R for six weeks every day, yES a long hard road lies a head But our love will get us through just like there’s .
On January 30th 2011, Archie Quinn wrote:
Like his father before him fought a stroke, there is no question it runs in the family, we often think of actors in the roles they play, whether the movies “The Vikings” or “The game” reflect what we wish to see in heros or not, we know the truth of these men in real life is that they are every bit the inspiration we search for on the big screen. May they live longer and fruitful lives both on and off the screen. Micheal’s best role to date? Father, after all when your children do something wrong you still stand by them in the hope to make them better people no matter how much you dislike what they have done.
Great men don’t just do great things, most great men do the hard things.