{"id":411475,"date":"2011-04-30T20:58:17","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T20:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/im-battling-leukaemia-reveals-broadcaster-clive-james\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T20:58:17","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T20:58:17","slug":"im-battling-leukaemia-reveals-broadcaster-clive-james","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/im-battling-leukaemia-reveals-broadcaster-clive-james\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m battling leukaemia, reveals broadcaster Clive James"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"84.4566448802\">\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Mail+On+Sunday+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Mail On Sunday Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 9:58 PM on 30th April 2011<\/p>\n<p>Clive James, the author and broadcaster, has revealed that he has leukaemia.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian-born father of two was given the diagnosis early last year after undergoing tests for suspected kidney failure.<\/p>\n<p>His wife Prue Shaw, an academic, said: \u2018Clive has been ill for around 15 months and is being treated at Addenbrooke\u2019s Hospital in Cambridge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He is suffering from CLL \u2013 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia \u2013 which if you must have the condition is the kind you want because they can monitor it.\u2019 CLL usually progresses very slowly and can remain undiagnosed for decades. Symptoms include swollen lymph nodes, tiredness and weight loss.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6f015d5a8-8_468x487.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"487\" alt=\"Clive James is suffering from Leukamia, it has been revealed\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clive James is suffering from Leukamia, it has been revealed<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/3d536fb1742_468x525.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"525\" alt=\"Clive James with poet Olivia Cole on her 30th birthday this year. His wife said he has been having treatment for the last 15 months\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Clive James with poet Olivia Cole on her 30th birthday this year. His wife said he has been having treatment for the last 15 months<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>James, 71, revealed details of the illness in a letter to Luke Slattery, editor of the Australian Literary Review, after Slattery had asked why an essay had been delayed.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u2018In January 2010, I got hauled in for kidney failure.<\/p>\n<p>I was immediately diagnosed for everything else as well, including several lung diseases.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>James became a household name in the Eighties with the success of programmes such as Clive James On Television.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/aa6fff11928_468x286.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"286\" alt=\"Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge where Clive James has been receiving treatment\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Addenbrookes hospital in Cambridge where Clive James has been receiving treatment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/6f015d5a8-8_468x487.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1382299\/Im-battling-leukaemia-reveals-broadcaster-Clive-James.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"I'm battling leukaemia, reveals broadcaster Clive James\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I&#8217;m battling leukaemia, reveals broadcaster Clive James<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Mail On Sunday Reporter Last updated at 9:58 PM on 30th April 2011 Clive James, the author and broadcaster, has revealed that he has leukaemia. The Australian-born father of two was given the diagnosis early last year after undergoing tests for suspected kidney failure. His wife Prue Shaw, an academic, said: \u2018Clive has been ill for around 15 months and is being treated at Addenbrooke\u2019s Hospital in Cambridge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":404064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-411475","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I&#039;m battling leukaemia, reveals broadcaster Clive James - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/im-battling-leukaemia-reveals-broadcaster-clive-james\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I&#039;m battling leukaemia, reveals broadcaster Clive James - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Mail On Sunday Reporter Last updated at 9:58 PM on 30th April 2011 Clive James, the author and broadcaster, has revealed that he has leukaemia. 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