Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones admits having a hard time watching husband Michael Douglas battle throat cancer and has told People magazine she is furious with doctors for not detecting his disease sooner.

Douglas, the Oscar-winning actor of Wall Street, told the celebrity magazine that he spent months seeking attention for persistent throat and ear pain only to be told nothing was wrong.

Douglas announced on August 16 that doctors had found a tumour in his throat and that he would undergo radiation and chemotherapy.

"It makes me furious they didn't detect it earlier," Zeta-Jones told People.

"He sought every option and nothing was found."

The actress, herself an Oscar winner for Chicago, has been married to Douglas for 10 years. The couple have two children together - Dylan, 10, and Carys, seven.

Douglas, 65, is now undergoing radiation and chemotherapy five days a week every three weeks to rid himself of the walnut-sized tumour at the base of his tongue.

Zeta-Jones says she can't stand the thought of watching her husband undergoing chemotherapy and radiation and loosing his strength as he battles the disease.

"I know maybe I should be stronger, but emotionally I just don't want to see that," she said, adding, "the hardest part is seeing his fatigue, because Michael is never tired."

Douglas made his first post-announcement TV appearance on Tuesday on The Late Show With David Letterman.

He told the talk show audience that although his cancer was late "stage four", and doctors said he had an 80 per cent chance of recovery.

He told People magazine that he was optimistic about his odds.

"I'm treating this as a curable disease," he said.

"It's a fight. I'll beat this."

But he admits that he is uncertain about the future, adding that "you just never think it's going to be you."


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cant be easy watching a loved one in pain. thats soooo many of the instances where the doctors and the ones who should know have let people down.
wishing MD a quick recovery.

He doesn't need this not with the case he has with his stupid exwife

^^^i know, that issue really got my blood boiling. she wants money from money never sleeps2. his lawyers shoulda tied that loose end. she offered to delay the proceedings, but he insisted it should go on, no doubt she will look like a devil with him on court. what will she leave for CZJ now that she is MDs wife? the woman needs to go get a job already.

I wish him a speedy recovery,its not easy having a loved one go thru radiotherapy n chemo, sad memories