Davey Jones' Locker 1,324 Posted June 14, 2016 http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-14/clive-james-working-on-life-death-and-his-new-book-of-essays/7509406 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 25, 2016 Still hanging on and even embarrassed by it http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/clive-james-admits-hes-highly-8484010Doesn't sound like it will be long though. Will he make his birthday October 7th? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted July 25, 2016 Still hanging on and even embarrassed by it http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/clive-james-admits-hes-highly-8484010Doesn't sound like it will be long though. Will he make his birthday October 7th? Wonder if we should make him our next ambassador. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rockhopper penguin 2,265 Posted July 25, 2016 Still hanging on and even embarrassed by it http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/clive-james-admits-hes-highly-8484010Doesn't sound like it will be long though. Will he make his birthday October 7th? Wonder if we should make him our next ambassador. We have an Ambassador? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youwanticewiththat 611 Posted July 25, 2016 Still hanging on and even embarrassed by it http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/clive-james-admits-hes-highly-8484010Doesn't sound like it will be long though. Will he make his birthday October 7th? Wonder if we should make him our next ambassador. I suspect he'd enjoy that - go on go on go on so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,586 Posted July 25, 2016 Do it. Someone should email him for a comment also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Bearer 6,101 Posted July 25, 2016 Still hanging on and even embarrassed by it http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/clive-james-admits-hes-highly-8484010Doesn't sound like it will be long though. Will he make his birthday October 7th? Wonder if we should make him our next ambassador. We have an Ambassador? Yes. Our last one was our dear old friend Ronnie Biggs. Hell of a nice chap. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GossipGabe 333 Posted July 25, 2016 I have the feeling that this guy must be a bit of a hypochondriac. Yeah, sure, he is suffering from leukaemia so he does have a reason to fear for his life. But the type he has (Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia) is an incurable yet slowly progressing disease. Therefore, it's not all that surprising (or as he puts it, embarassing) that he is still alive 6 years after being diagnosed with CLL. On the other hand, it's only a matter of time till he exhausts all treatment options, he has co-morbidities (e.g. emphysema) and he'll be prone to infections once the cancer develops chemo resistance. I'm pretty sure he'll say goodbye on TV before he goes though. He just loves talking about his illness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,315 Posted July 26, 2016 Haven`t seen Clive pose with a Deathlist mug.If he does he could be Biggs successor.No wonder he keeps mentioning he is still alive I have had two people in the last week ask me if he is dead when he came up in conversation.I reckon he will plod along for another year or two then just drop down dead from a heart attack or stroke brought on by all the strain his body has been under these last several years. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted July 28, 2016 I believe his time is coming soon. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/clive-james-makes-poetic-appeal-for-final-trip-home-z2pqp3sfk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted July 28, 2016 At 76 surely he's as liable to go from old age as his illness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted July 28, 2016 At 76 surely he's as liable to go from old age as his illness I'm just hoping he's a hit Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,037 Posted August 26, 2016 Was on Newsnight tonight. Frighteningly lucid and chatty. He'll see Christmas at this rate. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,220 Posted October 7, 2016 Clive James explains the joy of binge watching: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/books/review/clive-james-play-all.html?_r=0&referer= Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted October 7, 2016 Was on Newsnight tonight. Frighteningly lucid and chatty. He'll see Christmas at this rate. Selfish bastard Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,725 Posted October 27, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d5w1q 12 minute interview with Clive James - I don't know much about cancer (a weakness for studying death pooling form!) but if he was about to (in next 2 months) cark it from cancer I would have expected the weight to have started to drop off him which it hasn't yet. Am I right or am I just hopelessly unknowledgeable about the big C? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JR976evil 906 Posted October 27, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d5w1q 12 minute interview with Clive James - I don't know much about cancer (a weakness for studying death pooling form!) but if he was about to (in next 2 months) cark it from cancer I would have expected the weight to have started to drop off him which it hasn't yet. Am I right or am I just hopelessly unknowledgeable about the big C? Think it depends on the type of cancer and what sort of treatment the patient receives Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GossipGabe 333 Posted October 27, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d5w1q 12 minute interview with Clive James - I don't know much about cancer (a weakness for studying death pooling form!) but if he was about to (in next 2 months) cark it from cancer I would have expected the weight to have started to drop off him which it hasn't yet. Am I right or am I just hopelessly unknowledgeable about the big C? Think it depends on the type of cancer and what sort of treatment the patient receivesI reckon you are right. For example, you might expect a person suffering from pancreatic cancer (like Patrick Swayze or Steve Jobs) to lose a lot of weight before they cark it. OTOH, Clive James is suffering from an incurable but treatable (and normally not too agressive) type of cancer (Chronic Lymphocitic Leuk(a)emia) and two other incurable chronic diseases/conditions (emphysema and kidney failure). CLL might sometimes undergo a transformation & turn into a violent, aggressive type of leuk(a)emia, but may also allow patients to live for more than a decade (depending on its subtype and other factors). http://www.cancer.org/cancer/leukemia-chroniclymphocyticcll/detailedguide/leukemia--chronic-lymphocytic-signs-symptoms It might cause weight loss but it might also kill patients through enabling opportunistic infections. He's a bit of a dark horse, but he's probably good for a few more months. (Dying people don't usually eat too much, but he might not be at that stage just yet.) Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is rarely able to be cured. Still, most people live for many years with the disease. Some people with CLL can live for years without treatment, but most eventually need to be treated. Most people with CLL are treated on and off for years. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,439 Posted October 27, 2016 Far as I'm aware, the issue with James is that he had an aggressive form of leukemia, but they tried some experimental new drugs on his cancer, and it worked surprisingly well. He'll see 2017, and I wouldn't write off 2018 just yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GossipGabe 333 Posted October 27, 2016 Far as I'm aware, the issue with James is that he had an aggressive form of leukemia, but they tried some experimental new drugs on his cancer, and it worked surprisingly well. He'll see 2017, and I wouldn't write off 2018 just yet. Well, according to him on the NY Times, he had a "polite but insidious form of leukemia" i.e. a relatively aggressive subtype/variant of CLL, which is normally indolent. It meant that he had to get treatment sooner than most CLL patients*, but he is still alive 5-6 years after being diagnosed, which means it wasn't that aggressive after all. Also: he was a bit of drama queen about it, which is kind of normal for a poet. *Where the type is ever mentioned, they always cite CLL, which as the name suggests is an incurable, chronic type of leukemia, unlike e.g. AML, which might be curable, but if not cured, would normally kill you sooner. http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/clive-james-reveals-battle-with-leukaemia-20110502-1e3xn.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1382299/Im-battling-leukaemia-reveals-broadcaster-Clive-James.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted December 20, 2016 Ive just seen a clip of a longer interview with him, to be shown this evening, on BBC Look East. Its about his cancer and treatment at Addenbrookes, he lives in Cambridge. He looks bad, sounds bad, certainly not the person you would remember seeing. I think, unfortunately, a certainty for 2017. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CaptainChorizo 1,977 Posted December 20, 2016 Clive James explains the joy of binge watching: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2016/10/09/books/review/clive-james-play-all.html?_r=0&referer= Btwn the television Adaptation of The Handmaiden's Tale,Westword, a new season of Game Of Thrones and finallly seeing The Wire, binge watching shows in 2017 should keep him plenty busy enough to see 2018. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,967 Posted December 20, 2016 Didn't he once say that Game of Thrones is keeping him alive? Two more seasons to go... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
