I began seeing my wife, Kathleen, while I was undergoing treatment for prostate cancer.
If we're going to fight a disease, let's fight one of the most terrible diseases of all, indifference.
…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the only means of fighting a plague is - common decency.
I've met many young women who are HIV positive and courageously fighting the disease. Their determination to live a full life and see their children live in a better world is deeply inspiring to me.
Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.
Yes, thanks to God... my life has a goal, much more important than my artistic activities, that is the struggle against Leukemia.
As one ages, eventually, no matter what regime you've followed, no matter how fiercely you've fought the fight, good health becomes harder to maintain. It may disappear overnight or simply dwindle, but with every year that passes, the odds shorten.
Chemotherapy is an opponent in itself - simultaneously curing you and hurting you.
I want to see cancer cured in my lifetime. It might be.
As a group, the fashion industry has been one of the strongest in the effort to fight HIV and AIDS. There are many groups dedicated to fighting this disease; GMHC's Fashion Forward is just one of them. But I think everyone in this industry fights it in their own way.
You feel fine, and then, when your body can't keep fighting, you don't.
You don't treat cancer - you fight it.
