Jerry Lewis talks abouit battling life-threatening condition! Also, great clips of Jerry tap dancing, reunion with Dean Martin engineered by Frank Sinatra, Jerry's movies, Jerry singing with Deena (Dean's daughter), and Jim Carrey. At the time of his appearance on this Larry King Show in 2003, Jerry was suffering the effects of Prednisone on his body. The Prednisone was treatment for his pulmonary fibrosis. I first posted this on Nov. 3, 2012. (NOTE: I have left the commercials in because to remove them causes decline in picture quality. Below I have listed numbers showing where commercials occur. When the commercials start, if you will click on second number, you will bypass them.) 1st set of commercials: 08:32 - 11:14 2nd set of commercials: 20:23 - 23:04 3rd set of commercials: 29:56 - 32:26 4th set of commercials: 41:17 - 43:47 5th set of commercials: 51:19 - 53:44 THE FOLLOWING IS A HISTORY OF HIS ILLNESSES AND TREATMENTS, COURTESY OF WIKIPEDIA. "Jerry Lewis has suffered from a variety of illnesses and addictions related both to aging and a back injury sustained in a comedic pratfall from a piano while performing at the Sands Hotel on the Las Vegas Strip on March 20, 1965.[35][36] The accident almost left him paralyzed. In its aftermath Lewis became addicted to the pain killer Percodan for some thirteen years.[35] He says he has been off the drug since 1978 and has not taken one since.[36] In April 2002, Lewis had a Medtronic "Synergy" neurostimulator implanted in his back,[37] which has helped reduce the discomfort. He is now one of the company's leading spokespeople.[36][37] It is claimed Lewis suffered his first heart attack while filming Cinderfella in 1960.[38] In December 1982, Lewis was felled by a serious heart attack. En route home to San Diego from New York City on a cross-country commercial airline flight he endured a minor heart attack on June 11, 2006.[39] It was then discovered that he had pneumonia as well as a severely damaged heart. He underwent a cardiac catheterization and two stents were inserted into one of his coronary arteries, which had become 90% blocked. The surgery resulted in a return of blood flow to his heart and has allowed him to continue his rebound from earlier lung problems. Having the cardiac catheterization also meant canceling several major events from his schedule, but Lewis fully recuperated in a matter of weeks. In 1999, his Australian tour was cut short when he had to be hospitalized in Darwin with viral meningitis. He was ill for more than five months. It was reported in the Australian press that he had failed to pay his medical bills; however, Lewis maintained that the payment confusion was the fault of his health insurer. The resulting negative publicity caused him to sue his insurer for US$100 million.[40] Lewis has had prostate cancer,[41] Type 1 diabetes,[36] pulmonary fibrosis,[35] and a decades long history of heart disease. Prednisone[35] treatment in the early 2000s for pulmonary fibrosis resulted in weight gain and a noticeable change in his appearance. In September 2001, Lewis was unable to perform at a planned London charity event. Some months thereafter, Lewis began an arduous, months-long therapy which weaned him off prednisone and enabled him to return to work. On June 12, 2012, he was treated and released from a hospital after collapsing from hypoglycemia at a New York Friars' Club event. This latest health news forced him to cancel a show in Sydney.[42] CHARITY WORK: Throughout his career, Lewis has supported fundraising for research into muscular dystrophy. From the early 1950s until 2011, he served as national chairman of the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA).[43] Lewis began hosting telethons to benefit MDA in 1952. From 1966 to 2010 he hosted the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon, since renamed the MDA Show of Strength. It has raised over $2.6 billion.[44] On August 3, 2011, it was announced that Lewis would no longer host any further telethons.[45]"

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