Michael Douglas has won numerous accolades for his acting and directing endeavors.
In the same vein as his father, Kirk Douglas, the actor has received international fame. However, when the singer was diagnosed with a terminal disease, his entire life was turned upside down.
The BAFTA-winning actor began his career in the late 1960s and found enormous success with the film adaptation of the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. He also made headlines for his marriage to actress Catherine Zeta Jones.
Douglas, on the other hand, struggled with what he initially thought was throat cancer, far apart from his demanding work schedule and glamorous Hollywood lifestyle.
Despite the gravity of his situation, the star stated in an open interview about his health problems that he never expected to d.i.e.
“It’s strange, I know, but I never considered dying during the entire course of chemotherapy and radiation,” he added.
“My mother d.i.e.d at the age of 92,” he remarked.
My father just turned 102 years old. I never paid any heed to d3ath or aging.
Speaking with fellow actor Samuel L Jackson, Douglas stated that his specialist advised him to issue a statement stating that he has throat can:cer, but that if sur:gery was required, his acting career could have ended.
The surgeon warned Douglas that he might lose part of his tongue and jaw.
Douglas gave a sh0cking interview to the Guardian two years after his recovery, in which he revealed more about his battle with can:cer, including the cause.
He told the newspaper that oral ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴄᴏᴜʀsᴇ was the “cause” of tongue can:cer because HPV (human papillomavirus), a se..xually transmitted dis:ease, causes can:cer.
Despite his openness in the interview, the star felt forced to clarify his remarks following a public outpouring of wrath.
Later, Douglas’ spokesperson told CNN that the actor did not entirely blame his can:cer on HPV because he smoked and drank. According to the official statement:
“Michael Douglas never claimed that ᴄᴜɴɴɪʟɪɴɢᴜs caused his can:cer.” Although experts in the narrative recognized that oral s…ex is likely to contribute to some mouth can:cers, he did not expressly claim that oral s..ex caused his illness.
Douglas was diagnosed with stage 4 can:cer when a “walnut-sized growth” at the base of his tongue was discovered. He then began an eight-week intense tr3atment of chemotherapy and radiation.
“What a wild ride. That can really wear you out,” he told the Guardian.
“Plus, the amount of chemotherapy I was receiving erased all the good stuff. It made me quite weak.”
According to the Centers for Dis:ease Control and Prevention, just half of patients diagnosed with oral cancer survive five years after their diagnosis. The most common cause of this is a delayed diagnosis.
It’s critical to detect the warning signs and symptoms of tongue can:cer, according to Cancer Research UK, because it can develop on both the oral tongue, or the part that sticks out, and the base of the tongue.
