04:50 PM EDT 11/02/2009
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Stars Run for Fun ... and Good Causes
Originally posted 11/02/2009 09:00AM
Of the 43,741 people who ran the New York City Marathon on Sunday, a handful stood out, both for having claims to fame and for their reasons for running.
Alanis Morrissette, former ER doc Anthony Edwards, The Incredible Hulk's Edward Norton and Christopher Reeve's son Matthew battled through the sweat and determination on the streets of the Big Apple, all for a good cause.
"It was such a thrill but I'm burnt," Edwards told PEOPLE moments after crossing the finish line. "I'm totally tired! But that's the point. I'm just so happy that I finished. But tomorrow I'm going to feel happier."
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It's Stem-Cell Harvest Time for Ethan Zohn
Originally posted 10/22/2009 10:45AM
Fall means harvest time. But for Ethan Zohn, it's a harvest of a whole different kind.
"Today is a nice fall day outside, which means it's a perfect day to harvest your stem cells," Zohn, 35, says in his latest video diary.
Dressed in a hoodie and lying in a hospital bed where he is connected to a series of tubes, Zohn explains how doctors are taking stem cells from his own blood now to save for later use – when he undergoes a full stem-cell transplant to stave off his resurgent cancer.
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Getting Chemo with Ethan Zohn
Originally posted 10/08/2009 08:30AM
Three months of chemotherapy this past summer weren't enough to knock out Ethan Zohn's case of Hodgkin's lymphoma. So he's back in the hospital, connected to tubes and wires, undergoing even more chemotherapy – and in his latest video diary, he takes viewers inside his tiny room to share the experience and let his fans know how he's doing.
"I have been locked in this room for three days, and I've gone a little bit stir crazy, I'm not gonna lie," says the Survivor: Africa winner, reclining in a hospital bed in part one of a new three-stage battle he's waging against the resurgent cancer.
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Ethan Zohn Begins New Treatment
Originally posted 10/01/2009 12:55PM
"I've never really been this scared for my life," Ethan Zohn says in his latest video diary. Sitting in a hospital room, the Survivor winner taped the piece as he was about to start his first new round of chemotherapy – since learning that the first three months of chemo aimed at knocking out his Hodgkin's lymphoma wasn't enough.
"The cancer is back ... and it's trying to destroy me," Zohn says. "But I'm not going to let that happen."
Zohn describes in detail the gravity of the new treatment he's about to endure – starting with more chemotherapy, followed by a harvesting of his healthy stem cells; a series of radiation treatments twice a day, everyday, for two weeks; and finally a full stem-cell transplant.
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VIDEO: Ethan Zohn Raising Dollars for Cancer
Originally posted 09/24/2009 01:00PM
In his latest video diary, taped before he learned that he would require a second, more-intense round of treatment for cancer, Ethan Zohn is pumped up, feeling good, and back on his home turf in Massachusetts – raising money for cancer at Fenway Park in Boston.
"Tonight is the Jimmy Fund night ... to support the Dana Farber Cancer Institute," he says. "It's gonna be a fun night, it's gonna be pretty awesome, and I'm psyched to be back in Boston!"
Zohn, still bald from three months of chemotherapy aimed at knocking out the Hodgkin's lymphoma he was diagnosed with last April, made the trip before learning that the chemo wasn't enough. Earlier this month, Zohn began two new rounds of in-patient chemotherapy that will be followed by radiation and an intense stem-cell replacement therapy – a process that will keep him in the hospital for 30 days straight come December.
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Ethan Zohn's Cancer Is 'Worse'
Originally posted 09/17/2009 11:55AM
On Monday of this week, Ethan Zohn shared news that no one wanted to hear: Three months of intense chemotherapy had not been enough for him to beat the Hodgkin's disease that had been diagnosed in April.
Now, Zohn shares a video diary he taped for PEOPLE just days after learning the news himself.
"I got some bad news the other day," Zohn, 35, reveals on camera. "The doctor called, and she said that the results of my one-month follow-up visit … look worse than they did before."
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Ethan Zohn: 'My Cancer Is Back'
Originally posted 09/14/2009 07:55AM
Just last month, for the first time since being diagnosed with a rare form of Hodgkin's disease in April – followed by three months of intense chemotherapy – Ethan Zohn was finally feeling good.
"I was off chemo," he says. "I was running up to seven miles" in preparation for November's New York City Marathon. "I was happy, I was going out. I went up to Boston to see the family and was feeling great."
Then, on Aug. 26, his doctor called with post-chemo test results – and they were not good. "My cancer is back," Zohn, 35, tells PEOPLE. "I have never been so scared in my life, for my life."
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Ethan Zohn Undergoes New Tests
Originally posted 09/03/2009 11:00AM
It's a big day for Ethan Zohn, as he takes viewers along for a series of tests and scans at the hospital to determine whether or not three months of intense chemotherapy has been enough to knock out his cancer.
"I don't know if I've ever been this nervous before a test before," Zohn says in his latest video diary for PEOPLE.com. "It's pretty scary."
Zohn, who has been in treatment for a rare form of Hodgkin's disease since May, is suffering a cold as he gets ready for the tests – another scary thing, he says, for a cancer patient whose immune system has been knocked out. But he also takes a moment to laugh at his attempt to pencil in some eyebrows, after losing his real ones (along with the rest of his hair) during chemo.
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Ethan Zohn Undergoes Final Chemo Session
Originally posted 08/27/2009 09:00AM
In his latest video diary entry, Survivor: Africa winner Ethan Zohn takes viewers along to the hospital for his sixth and final chemotherapy session, wrapping up three months of treatment for the cancer he was first diagnosed with on April 30.
"I'm super excited. It's the last one, hopefully ever, ever, and I just can't wait to get it over with," says Zohn, 35, as he sits in the waiting room before treatment. "So today's a good day."
Giving high-fives to hospital workers and friends at the end of his session, Zohn is heard saying, "I'm done! I'm done!"
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VIDEO: Ethan Zohn Preps for N.Y.C Marathon
Originally posted 08/13/2009 09:00AM
Ethan Zohn is coming off three months of intense chemotherapy, but in his latest video diary for PEOPLE.com he's running in Central Park.
The effusive Survivor: Africa winner, who was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin's disease in April, is preparing a team to participate in November's New York City Marathon to support his HIV/AIDS charity, Grassroot Soccer.
"I haven't decided if I'm actually going to run the marathon," says Zohn, who recently completed a chemotherapy regimen that left him nauseous, hairless and very often sleepless. Still, he has stayed true to his vow to remain positive throughout his fight against the disease, and is looking to the future.
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