Ethan Zohn Talks about His Stem Cell Transplant

The link to the article includes a 4:19 video clip of him and Jenna talking
about his transplant, etc. The full interview airs Monday on The Doctors.

Ethan Zohn Talks about His Stem Cell Transplant
Friday January 29, 2010 04:45 PM EST

Once a Survivor, always a survivor.

Back home from the hospital after spending three weeks in isolation as a
result of his stem-cell transplant, Ethan Zohn talked about his ordeal with
The Doctors host Dr. Travis Stork.

Calling it "the ultimate test of strength and will known to human," Zohn
said he was "completely blasted with chemotherapy all over again." As a
result, "I had almost no immune system, meaning if I just looked at a person
with a cold, I would get sick."

Zohn, 36, the winner of Survivor: Africa, is battling a rare form of
Hodgkin's disease. While sharing his cancer battle on PEOPLE.com, Zohn said
that after intense chemotherapy doctors have found no active cancer cells in
his body, but the stem-cell transplant required him to be isolated.

Zohn's full interview with Stork will air Feb. 1.

Source:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20340336,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontent

Brian


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