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June 19, 2007
leukemia, with infections...
I once was going abroad and, uh…I said to this rather very nice and, uh, you know, fine doctor, I said to him, “I am going abroad and in case I take ill abroad and have to see other doctors, I wish that you would, uh…write down what’s wrong with me on a slip of paper so I can show it to them.” …And, so he wrote down, “Leukemia, with infections.”…And, uh, when I came home…I said, uh, “What are we going to do about this leukemia? Is there anything we can do? Shouldn’t I be taking blood transfusions or something? To keep my energy up for my work?” And he said, “What makes you think I ever wrote that down”…I said, “Well, I remember it.”
I don’t smoke…anymore. I just forgot to…My, uh, closest friend died of lung cancer due to smoking, uh…four packs a day…Well, it took courage…for me…going on…And I still feel…the need of more courage than I have.
Tennessee Williams
Richard Avedon - Sixties
Posted by amin at June 19, 2007 9:54 PM