Douglas revealed that he was diagnosed three weeks ago though he'd complained of a sore throat at one point earlier this year. Testing at the time didn't find a cause for the pain. When he returned to the doctor after a summer of travling with his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones and their two kids Dylan Michael and Carys Zeta, he was diagnosed with stage-four cancer , "which is intense , and so they've had a go at it,"he said.
When the actor revealed to Letterman that he'd just finished his first week of radiation and chemotherapy , the talk show host was visibly surprised . "You've never looked better to me , and this proves that you're a tough guy, for God's sakes," Letterman said.
The Wall Street : Money Never Sleeps' actor said his cancer has remained above the neck which is good news - he said this means there is an 80 percent or better chance of recovery.
Douglas has won three (3) Golden Globes and two (2) Academy Awards , first as a producer of 1975's best picture, 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and as Best Actor in 1987 for his role in 'Wall Street.' Douglas received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2009.
Douglas will next be seen onscreen reprising his role as disgraced moneyman Gordon Gekko in the anticipated sequel 'Wall Street 2 : Money Never Sleeps,' due out September 24.
Good luck to you Michael ....all your fans are rooting for you.
I hope you pull through Michael. 80% is very good odds. You shouldn't have smoked in your youth but back then, who knew.
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Hi cutie
ReplyDeleteWhatcha ya doing ?
ReplyDeleteHope things are going better for you ...I'm having hell...HA !
How was your day? Mine was very tiring. Took boys and J shopping then to see Nana, then out to dinner then back to their town for karate until 8:30 then drove them home then finally had to drive back to our town.I'm too pooped to pop.
ReplyDeleteDid you get yourself in trouble?? What have you been up to????
ReplyDeleteIf you want to log off early and get some rest I will understand.
ReplyDeleteI know Nana was glad to see the twins.
Don't worry. I'm never too tired to gossip.
ReplyDeleteI got even with my long ass man..
ReplyDeleteyou want to hear.
The hell I'm having is I did 2 posts about Lilo and they was okay and I went back to check on them and the top one was running into the side bar, so I put it in drafts for a redo.
how far do Jaye live from you ???
ReplyDeleteHow is Brian feeling ?
ReplyDeleteI always worry because I know he's hard-headed and will over do it.
J lives half an hour from here in normal traffic.
ReplyDeleteYou want to hear what I did to get even /Hahaha
ReplyDeleteBig hurricane headed up the Atlantic coast.Won't touch you but we should feel it tomorrow or next day.
ReplyDeleteDo you want to email me about Long Shank.
ReplyDeleteI'll check your post in drafts.
ReplyDeleteNo...it's funny, nothing personal.
ReplyDeleteI will tell you here.
Well spit it out girl.
ReplyDeleteThey have a new receptionist, she didn't know me , So I went in and told her I wanted to see my daddy and she asked who and I told her and she told Anita and she said to call him and tell him his oldest daughter was here...sweetie he came out the office like a light and she said Mr.C here she is and he laughed so loud and said that's my wife.
ReplyDeleteI said gotcha for the spring chicken shit.
Hurry up. I love to see you spank the Shank.
ReplyDeleteThankyou. You may have to redo it.
ReplyDeleteHe won't be saying I'm not a spring chicken any more soon..she asked Anita how old I was and she said pretty young.
ReplyDeleteDid you know bedbugs are back and they are practically an epidemic or a plague in North America. We are not using very strong insecticides any more and the bedbugs are laughing at it. Exterminators are having a field day.
ReplyDeleteAnita said she bet there's never a dull moment at my house.
ReplyDeleteI know you enjoyed Jane and the boys, you always like doing things with her.
How is Brian feeling, not so tired tody I hope.
Yay! Score one for our side.
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Yes the bed bugs is back in full force, I am doing everything I can to keep them out...I put soda on the bed before I put the sheets on, that's what they did years ago.
ReplyDeleteI have to watch for head lice,some people don't keep their kids heads clean...but I check mine daily.
I guess you notice...we use soda for most everything.
ReplyDeleteSoda is very useful. We don't get too many bug problems up here. They might start in summer but the winter kills everything.
ReplyDeleteWhy is it some people don't have good hygiene any more...I can't stand funk it will make you want to puke.
ReplyDeleteSweetie, I always get that long ass bastard back.
All I would have to do is put the matresses outside for an hour in winter and they would be frozen stiff.. But they have announced there is an outbreak of bedbugs in the county. I don't believe I have ever heard of them up here but Nana says they were common in the last century all over the world.
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It don't stay cold long enough here to kill the bugs.
ReplyDeleteIt's below freezing a couple of days and then up in the 60/70's in the winter.
With this crazy weather, I would believe anything.
ReplyDeleteHow is Nana, still her sweet little self.
LS probably expects you to get him back every time. It's all part of the fun.
ReplyDeleteAmericans have flocked to Canada this summer, especially boaters. They say it's because the summer was hot and sunny and because our economy is good.
ReplyDeleteHe told Anita he never know what to expect, I'm full of surprises.
ReplyDeleteNAN's daughter is name Anita so when I tell you something about her I will tell you NAN's kid.
Nana never heard of the word sweet.She is a nasty old barricuda.If she tried to be sweet,the effort would kill her.
ReplyDeleteOur economy is still lousy but seems to be picking up a little.
ReplyDeleteI hope they didn't bring the damn crime up there with them...at least 4/5 gets killed here every week.
Brian overdid it today.He went in to work. They needed help because a lot of people are taking holidays. Since our summer is extending into autumn now and it is still hot, People are taking later vacations.
ReplyDeleteHe wants to be a volunteer driver for the handicapped. Apparently they are short of drivers.It would be great for him. Only a few hours a week and he would still feel useful and needed. He needs that.
At 86 , Nana can be as nasty as 2/3barricudas...she has earned the right.
ReplyDeleteNana is not along, Dad will be back soon and you ask him why do a person get mean/nasty when they reach a certain age.
Now he's a mean/nasty barricuda and he enjoys it very much.
That's a high kill rate. The Americans that I have met are very nice.Dale's friend from Rochester was a real sweetie. He was a recent widower and very needy.
ReplyDeleteI hope he gets to drive the handicap van, it really would be good for the both of you.
ReplyDeleteHe will feel needed and you would have less worry about him over doing it.
He may not think so but the both of you are handicap just in different ways, him with illness and you with worry.
It's not close to us...mostly Texans and about drugs.
ReplyDeleteThe ones we know is nice people.
I don't think I can deal with crappy people regardless of their ethic group, they all seem like trash to me and I will not lower my standards.
You told me about Dale's friend.
Now you tell B that's the way you will be just lost.
What are you doing Labor Day ?? Do you celebrate it as a holiday ?
ReplyDeleteThe boys did a demo of martial arts for Nana today. She was thrilled.
ReplyDeleteThat's a big emerald they foun...I left notes on a lot of posts.
ReplyDeleteWe are going to the diamond fields next month, it's about a 2 hour drive and the kids love it they gets so dirty for digging and just playing in the dirt.
I wish the guys lived closer and they could come over everyday that would be so nice for Nana.
ReplyDeleteI think she's so mean because she's lonesome.
Shirley told me Dad has calmed down a lot since he take care of his grands.
I was just watching Mike Douglas on TV. He said his tumor is the kind that is caused by drinking.It's a stage four and that is not good.
ReplyDeleteI left you a note on the naked/funny secretary and all the people at the firm saw it.
ReplyDeleteDad seems to be pretty relaxed these days.He said in a short while he will be at his peak of happiness.I think he discovered that a simple life just enjoying family is the real road to happiness.
ReplyDeleteI bet he misses your cooking.
Yes that's what he told Dave last night so I looked it up..Mike /Catherine is both heavy smokers/drinkers.
ReplyDeleteHe has a tumor the size of a walnut.
ReplyDeleteYes he calls everyday to see what I'm cooking and says he will be home soon and he almost have Rhonda squared away and she's still a sassy little thing.
ReplyDeleteHe says he wil have to go back after he lets his son look over his papers.
I had a talk with Brian about taking care of himself. He is going to get serious about preserving his life. If his CT scan shows the cancer from the kidney hasn't spread to his other kidney or his liver or anywhere else, I think he will get more optimistic about living. Attitude is everything.
ReplyDeleteSweetie...I'm at odds about Dad no one ever took care of his business but his son and I know he won't ask him to go because of me...
ReplyDeleteWhen Dad has to return to finish his business I may tell Gil to go, I know if Gil had gone they would be back now.
What you think, it's his daddy and Dad don't trust to many people with his affairs.
I can feel Dad wants him out there.
I am so glad you had the talk, you two needs each other.
ReplyDeleteI know you so well and I know you would dry up like a tumble weed and blow away with the wind if anything happen to him.
Tell Brian he's a fighter and nothing has stopped him yet..
They are finding cures everyday.
Your gut is giving you the right message honey. Gil should be there to guide his dad. He's a very old man to be travelling back and forth. You gotta love him for trying to handle it all by himself out of love and respect for you.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about finding cures every day.Have you heard of a diabetic drug called Metphormin? I'm not sure of the spelling.
ReplyDeleteAnyway they have found that it prevents and cures certain cancers.
Researchers in Canada discovered it and the drug is so cheap. It would only cost them 42 cents a day for the cure.
I will tell Dad tomorrow that I will send his son out there to help him so he can come home and get a good meal.
ReplyDeleteShirley says Dad is hard to please.
Dad's not going to ask him...but this is my call and Dad is family and needs to be here with his grands.
How is our boy Jonny today? I bet his schoolwork will improve because he will want to make you proud of him.
ReplyDeleteNo I haven't heard of the drug, I will ask my doctor I go Sept.10, I only take insulin and watch my diet.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong in trying it, who knows something gonna work.
I can't have you blowing away in the wind.
It certainly is your call. You're a good woman sweetie.Dad will be so happy to get home.
ReplyDeleteThe researchers discovered that diabetics on this drug got certain cancers like bowel, rectal, breast and prostate cancer up to 70% less than the rest of us.
ReplyDeleteJonny is smarter than I gave him credit for...Sha was adding her numbers and she had a couple wrong and he showed it to her, he's good with numbers, Gil checked their papers and Sha had 2 wrong and all of Jonny's was right.
ReplyDeleteI think he picked us for his family. Cutie , I'm so proud of him....they fusses like regular sister's/brother.
Dad asked did he have more recipes tell you he will be home shortly and told me if you send him a recipe I better not make it because it's for him only...that man is a hoot and I do miss him.
ReplyDeleteI believe Jonny did pick you for his family.How perfect is that? You picked each other so it has to work out perfectly. Does the mother visit regularly?
ReplyDeleteI guess the time has come for us to part.I think it will be a little cooler tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteJer came last night. He looked a bit down at the mouth so I cheered him up and made him laugh, gave him a few hundred bucks and he was on his way again. He just needs some encouragement now and then.
Steve and M and kids are coming over tomorrow night to take us out to dinner.Jordan is on her way back to university and wants to spend a few hours with us.
Anyway honey, have a good one and have a great day tomorrow. See you down at the old swimming hole for skinny dipping....LUV...PIC
Talk to the doctors and asked wouldn't it benefit 'B' to try it. sometime doctors are so busy they forget to ask...I make a list on what I want to ask, if it's for me or my babies.
ReplyDeleteI told Dad that aunt Mae had 2 lawyers and it seems like they were using my man and I didn't like it when He just leave on a moments notice, maybe that's what they was used to but he was my man and I wasn't going to put up with it and Dad told me he would fix it. So I will send his son to fix his business, I have his power of attorney so I can take care of thing here.
You have a great time with Steve/family and enjoy your dinner and we can talk anytime spend time with Jordan and I will see you Friday...
ReplyDeleteJer will be alright he will find a job soon and that's a good thing to keep him in good spirits.
GOODNITE...HUGS & KISSES...PIC
Kiss the Rock
You were right about the family.
ReplyDeleteThey have been using Gil and dad for years. Why should they take care of their own problems when they had family who would take care of everything.They'll have to get off their asses now and take care of business.
If I get home early enough I will check in to see if you are on either blog. God Bless
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