{"id":457577,"date":"2022-06-04T00:02:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/my-wife-would-ask-is-he-gonna-die\/"},"modified":"2022-06-04T00:02:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T21:02:33","slug":"my-wife-would-ask-is-he-gonna-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/my-wife-would-ask-is-he-gonna-die\/","title":{"rendered":"#My wife would ask, &#8216;Is he gonna die?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be69421a7b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3be69421a7b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/my-wife-would-ask-is-he-gonna-die\/#%E2%80%9CMy_wife_would_ask_%E2%80%98Is_he_gonna_die%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;My wife would ask, &#8216;Is he gonna die?\u2019&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CMy_wife_would_ask_%E2%80%98Is_he_gonna_die%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;My wife would ask, &#8216;Is he gonna die?\u2019&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Dude was not okay. <\/p>\n<p>Jeff Bridges is opening up more about his harrowing near-death experience battling COVID and cancer. <\/p>\n<p>In an interview set to air on CBS \u201cSunday Morning\u201d this Sunday, the 72-year-old recounted how serious his fight with lymphoma became after getting diagnosed with COVID and spending five weeks in the ICU. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, man \u2014 what a journey,\u201d Bridges recounted before admitting he \u201ccouldn\u2019t breathe\u201d and went through \u201camazing pain\u201d during the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p>When interviewer Ben Mankiewicz asked whether he had moments where he thought, \u201cWell, this might be it,\u201d the \u201cBig Lebowski\u201d star responded, \u201cOh, the doctors, yeah \u2013 my wife would ask, \u2018Is he gonna die?\u2019 And they say, \u2018We\u2019re doing the best we can.\u2019 They wouldn\u2019t reassure her that it was all gonna be fine.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Bridges, who this year <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/05\/26\/jeff-bridges-pretty-close-to-dying-while-battling-covid-and-cancer\/\">is celebrating<\/a> 45 years of marriage to Susan Geston, also pondered that it was interesting how different people deal with mortality. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy doctors were saying, \u2018Jeff, you gotta fight. Man, you\u2019re not fighting. You gotta fight.\u2019 And I said \u2026 \u2018I\u2019m in surrender mode, man.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actor Jeff Bridges opens up about how serious his fight with lymphoma became after getting diagnosed with COVID-19 and spending 5 weeks in the ICU. The Oscar winner is now in remission. More this <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CBSSundayMorning?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CBSSundayMorning<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/na3G8PMSY7\">pic.twitter.com\/na3G8PMSY7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CBS Sunday Morning \ud83c\udf1e (@CBSSunday) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBSSunday\/status\/1532745407218044929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Bridges first announced that he had been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2020\/10\/19\/jeff-bridges-reveals-lymphoma-diagnosis\/?_ga=2.206869909.721799606.1653910971-844163966.1646234986\">diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in October 2020<\/a> while much of the world was locked down during the COVID pandemic. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Oscar-winning \u201cCrazy Heart\u201d actor was doing a home workout at the time and felt something unusual in his stomach. \u201cI had a 12-by-9-inch tumor in my body. Like a child in my body. It didn\u2019t hurt or anything,\u201d he said of his doctor\u2019s discovery. <\/p>\n<p>He began a cocktail of medications for chemotherapy \u2014 and the results seemed to be promising. But in January 2021, the chemo had weakened his immune system and the star got COVID before the vaccine was available. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bridges-Susan-Geston-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Susan Geston and Jeff Bridges arrive to the 76th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel\" class=\"wp-image-22527715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bridges-Susan-Geston-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bridges-Susan-Geston-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/jeff-bridges-Susan-Geston-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Bridges\u2019 wife Susan Geston was concerned that he was going to die while in the ICU. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christopher Polk\/NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI had no defenses. That\u2019s what chemo does \u2014 it s<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a>s you of all your immune system. I had nothing to fight it,\u201d he said. \u201cCOVID made my cancer look like nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He would spend the next five months in extreme pain in the hospital, yelling for nurses to help him with oxygen every time he rolled over.<\/p>\n<p>Bridges powered through and left the ICU after five weeks. He has since announced that his cancer is in remission and has returned to work filming his new FX drama, \u201cThe Old Man.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Jeff Bridges is opening up more about his harrowing near-death experience battling COVID and cancer. 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