EXCLUSIVE: Cancer-Stricken Michael Douglas Travels Hundreds Of Miles To Visit Son In Prison

Posted on Oct 29, 2010 @ 06:44AM

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Michael Douglas has been making the three-hour trip from Manhattan to Pennsylvania to visit his jailed son Cameron despite being physically ravaged by his courageous battle with advanced throat cancer, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.

Even though he is recuperating from the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, the Wall Street 2 star is determined to support his drug-dealing son, who is serving a five-year prison term.

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"Michael is still visiting with Cameron," the actor's longtime friend and publicist Allen Burry told RadarOnline.com.

"He's not going everyday and not as often as he would like, but he is still visiting with him."

Cameron, who is serving time in Lewisburg Federal Prison Camp, is expected to be released in December 2013, but the longtime addict could get out a year early, if he completes a prison drug-treatment program.

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The 31-year-old was sentenced in April to five years in prison for conspiring to sell crystal meth and for heroin possession.

According to the Lewisburg handbook, Michael and Cameron meet in the visitors' room located within the prison camp grounds. The prison is nearly 200 miles from New York City.

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While visitors are not permitted to bring any items into the visiting room, inmates can accompany their visitors to the vending area.

However, the inmates are not permitted to handle money or touch any of the machines or microwaves.

Earlier this week, the Oscar -winning actor, 66, was photographed looking thin and frail, prompting speculation his health has taken a dramatic turn for the worse. But that speculation is wrong, people close to Douglas say.

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"Michael completed his treatment about three weeks ago and is recuperating from the process," Burry said.

"No further treatments are scheduled."

Douglas underwent eight weeks of treatment for a walnut-sized tumor at the base of his tongue, but according to Burry, the actor "remains in good spirits."

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by Lennmoore
Posted Tue, 11/02/2010 - 1:01pm

Mr. Douglas, Please go to Germany or somewhere that you can get treatment not allowed in the US.
They have been "curing" cancer since 1922.
It would be a shame to lose you to an enemy that has been conquered!

by carlcwd
Posted Mon, 11/01/2010 - 8:32pm

Michael you look exactly like your father!! Good luck thinking of you and wishing you strength...

by Barbie Doll
Posted Fri, 10/29/2010 - 8:39pm

This Cameron is sure homely looking

by Reader31
Posted Fri, 10/29/2010 - 5:15pm

I am disgusted by the daily media hunt in this family's life. Why not leave them alone for a bit? All this media scrutiny isn't helping him in the least. He cannot flinch and they are all over him.

by Smooch1
Posted Fri, 10/29/2010 - 3:46pm

Seems like a year ago it was the same story, Farrah Fawcett fighting cancer and her son in Prison. SAD! Always liked Michael's films. I wish him nothing but the best.

by Stephen
Posted Fri, 10/29/2010 - 11:51am

Farrah has been dead 18 mos! Try TWO years ago.

by Smooch1
Posted Fri, 10/29/2010 - 3:44pm

i don't understand this. my sister was going through chemo and would visit her husband in prison in addition to working. i cant imagine being that strong. i guess that's how they make it? all the best to md!

by gossip4fun
Posted Fri, 10/29/2010 - 10:34am

What a brave man. And strong, too. Think about this guy who is probably facing death and who must be exhausted and in pain - he's fighting like crazy to survive and see his family - then think of the Lindsay Lohans and Charlie Sheens of the world.

by amagod121
Posted Fri, 10/29/2010 - 8:03am