Catherine Zeta-Jones has spoken out for the first time about her husbands throat cancer revealing that she is furious at doctors for not spotting it earlier.
Zeta-Jones claims that her husband, Michael Douglas, who was diagnosed with throat cancer just 3 weeks ago, had been complaining of ear and throat pain for months but doctors did nothing about it.
Douglas was diagnosed with throat cancer after doctors finally discovered a walnut-sized tumour under his tongue.
The actress, who has been married to the Wall Street star for 10 years said:
“It makes me furious they didn’t detect it earlier. He sought every option and nothing was found”
“It wasn’t a huge shock (when he was diagnosed), I knew something was up. He knew something was up”
Douglas has vowed to beat the cancer and has began an intense 8-week course of chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
When appearing on the David Letterman Show looking thin but seeming very upbeat, he told audiences that his cancer had progressed to stage 4 which means that it had spread to his neck and other parts of his head.
Doctors have given Douglas an 80% chance of survival.
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