Edward James Olmos is grateful for his health.
In an interview he published Daily mail on Monday, May 13 Miami Vice alum, 77, opened up about life after once thinking the worst following a throat cancer diagnosis.
“It’s going very well, thank God,” Olmos said when asked how things have been lately.
After the last treatment on December 20, 2022, the two to three months that followed “were the hardest of the whole journey.”
Edward James Olmos, May 2023.
“Once they stopped all chemotherapy, all radiation and all treatments, the body gave up. And that’s when it really got tough,” he said. “But after that, in the 90 days, 100 days after that, I was in much better shape and I feel really strong today.”
Olmos admitted that there were “many, many times during the process” when the thought of quitting “entered my head.”
Edward James Olmos revealed his throat cancer diagnosis: ‘It’s a very strong disease’
“Because you can’t swallow, you can’t speak, you can’t eat, you can’t drink, you can’t do anything,” the actor said.
“This area is completely destroyed,” he added, reaching for his neck.
Olmos, who voiced the role of Chicharrón in the 2017 Disney-Pixar animated film. Cocohe also opened up about other uncertainties he was facing.
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Edward James Olmos. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)
“They told me before I started the treatments, ‘We have no idea what you’re going to sound like,'” he said.
“Treatment is what usually kills you because what happens in the end [is] it weakens the body,” explained Olmos. “Chemotherapy destroys all your white blood cells and what ends up happening is you have no immune system. So if I ever had bad kidneys, bad heart, bad lungs, anything bad, I wouldn’t be here now.”
The Selena the actor added: “Thank God my body was fine.”
Olmos made sure his health remained a top priority by adjusting his lifestyle, he said.
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“The way you eat, the way you exercise, the way you sleep, the basics,” is what he now takes into account. “That’s the key to your life — you are what you eat and you are what you do. So if you don’t do anything, you won’t be here for long.”
“But if you do things, you keep your body moving, you keep stretching, you keep doing things that most people give up — I’m close to 80, so I know I look good, but I’m old,” Olmos joked.
According to the veteran, he has no plans to retire anytime soon.
“Well, that’s the essence of living, you know? What is your purpose? And I’m very grateful to continue to work and to be able to do films, television and plays, theater,” added Olmos.
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