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It started with a sore throat, Michael Douglas said, as he talked candidly about his cancer last night on the Late Show with David Letterman.
"It had been bothering me for a while. ... In early summer, I had a really sore throat, early in the summer, and I actually went through a litany of doctors and tests and they didn't find anything."
He said he had a great summer traveling with his family, and he came back, went to the doctor again and "a guy said, 'Aaaah,' and he said, 'Let me just take a little clip of that.' And this all happened within three weeks, and got a biopsy and they analyzed it ? it's a stage 4, which is intense, and so they've got to go at it?"
Letterman asked, "Now when you said stage 4, I heard someone gasp. Now, is stage 4 where you want to be or where you not want to be?" Douglas said, "Um, no. No, you like to be down at stage 1?but it has not ? the big thing you're always worried about is it spreading, so I am head and neck. I am above the neck, so nothing's gone down, and the expectations are good?"
The star, who looked and sounded upbeat, has just finished his first week of eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, he said. Letterman could not believe he had already begun treatment, saying, "I mean, you've never looked better to me and this proves that you're a tough guy, for God's sakes," a comment that got a huge cheer from the audience. Douglas said, "Let's just say I'm pretty lit up ? I'm pretty lit up right now."
The actor continued, saying his throat is "sore. It hurts a lot. It comes in waves, David. My heart goes out to all the families and all the supporters and now I understand it."
Letterman asked Douglas if he had ever smoked, and Douglas said he smoked and drank and "this particular type of cancer is caused by alcohol and drinking."
Letterman ended the interview by asking Douglas, "Wow, boy, I feel like I want to do something for you. Can I do something for you?"
"Ahh, give me a hug," Douglas replied, and the two gave each other a big hug as the audience gave a standing ovation.
It started with a sore throat, Michael Douglas said, as he talked candidly about his cancer last night on the Late Show with David Letterman.
"It had been bothering me for a while. ... In early summer, I had a really sore throat, early in the summer, and I actually went through a litany of doctors and tests and they didn't find anything."
He said he had a great summer traveling with his family, and he came back, went to the doctor again and "a guy said, 'Aaaah,' and he said, 'Let me just take a little clip of that.' And this all happened within three weeks, and got a biopsy and they analyzed it ? it's a stage 4, which is intense, and so they've got to go at it?"
Letterman asked, "Now when you said stage 4, I heard someone gasp. Now, is stage 4 where you want to be or where you not want to be?" Douglas said, "Um, no. No, you like to be down at stage 1?but it has not ? the big thing you're always worried about is it spreading, so I am head and neck. I am above the neck, so nothing's gone down, and the expectations are good?"
The star, who looked and sounded upbeat, has just finished his first week of eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, he said. Letterman could not believe he had already begun treatment, saying, "I mean, you've never looked better to me and this proves that you're a tough guy, for God's sakes," a comment that got a huge cheer from the audience. Douglas said, "Let's just say I'm pretty lit up ? I'm pretty lit up right now."
The actor continued, saying his throat is "sore. It hurts a lot. It comes in waves, David. My heart goes out to all the families and all the supporters and now I understand it."
Letterman asked Douglas if he had ever smoked, and Douglas said he smoked and drank and "this particular type of cancer is caused by alcohol and drinking."
Letterman ended the interview by asking Douglas, "Wow, boy, I feel like I want to do something for you. Can I do something for you?"
"Ahh, give me a hug," Douglas replied, and the two gave each other a big hug as the audience gave a standing ovation.
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