Catherine Zeta-Jones 'Furious' Doctor Didn't Find Michael Douglas' Cancer Sooner
Posted on Sep 02, 2010 @ 07:00AM
Catherine Zeta-Jones said she’s "furious" over how long it took for doctors to detect the stage-four cancer that has developed in her husband Michael Douglas' throat.
"It makes me furious they didn't detect it earlier ... he sought every option and nothing was found," Zeta-Jones tells People in its brand new issue.
"I know maybe I should be stronger, but emotionally I just don't want to see that ... the hardest part is seeing his fatigue, because Michael is never tired."
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Douglas, in an emotional appearance on David Letterman this week, said he just wrapped up the first in eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy to eliminate the deadly growth.
The 65-year-old Oscar-winner said his throat had been bothering him earlier this summer, but doctors could not find the cancer at the time. He said upon returning from a European vacation this summer, doctors located it.
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"The expectations [of recovery] are good," Douglas told Letterman, noting he has about an 80 percent chance of recovery.
The actor’s latest film, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, hits theaters September 24.
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Jan 11, 2011 @ 06:00
i hope to god micael beats this rotten time in his life. god bless him and Zeta
Posted Sat, 09/04/2010 - 8:30pm
ALL i know is after MD made those comments about Angie's adopted African kids , i just knew something was coming down the pipe line for him , i completely lost all respect for him. I hope he survives and God bless.
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 7:31pm
I hope his doctors do a better job of treating him than they did in diagnosing him. A Greek physician 2000 years ago could probably have discovered it much earlier.
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 4:15pm
A friend of mine fought cancer for 2 years and still smokes like a chimney and drinks like a fish. I don't get it. She will not last long and sadly must have a death wish.
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:55pm
Maybe now his son will get his @#$% together.
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:53pm
you should be.. sadly 95% of doctors do NOTHING and rarely actually help ppl if it doesn't require a simple pill.
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:50pm
Over 400,000 people die every year from smoking. When you see the amount of suffering it causes you have to wonder why it's still legal!
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:37pm
They were actually saying the alcohol lowers your defenses and allows the cancer to enter your throat much easier... so don't smoke AND drink? eh
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:51pm
Stage 4 throat cancer...80% survival rate...hmm. Who's acting here?
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 2:21pm
Roger Ebert needs to guide Michael to the proper doctors cause the ones he saw were negligent. He might be disfigured and lose his voice and his hair will fall out but he hopefully will outlive his father Kurt
Posted Thu, 09/02/2010 - 1:53pm