The End

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[footsteps]

Nurse:
disrobe, please,

And put this gown on.

Sonny:
god,

It's cold in here.

Now, fill this bottle.

I--I don't think I can

Fill the whole thing.

You certainly

Look like you can.

Oh, thank you.

I'll do the best I can.

God, it's cold in here.

[urinating]

[urinating]

I filled it up.

That's a good boy.

Thank you.

Well, hand me the bottle.

Could I hold onto it

A little longer?

It keeps my hands warm.

[door opens]

Sonny:
hello?

Hello, is this x-ray?

Woman:
step up here.

Stand still.

Hold your breath,

And you will not speak.

God, it's dark.

Well, you're lucky,

'Cause Im ugly.

Now, you will drink this down

Without stopping.

Now, you will drink this down

Without stopping.

[gulping]

God, are you sure this isn't

The bottle I just filled?!

No jokes, please.

All right, here we go.

[machine whirring]

I'm upside down!

I'm turning upside down!

Don't be alarmed.

Now, I am just going

To insert this tube.

Insert what tube?

Don't insert--

I can't see! It's dark!

Insert the tube where?

Where? Aah!

That's where. Just let it

Fill your lower abdomen.

I can't hold it!

I can't hold it!

Well, think of it

As a contest.

I'm losing the contest!

I can't hold it!

I tell you,

I can't hold it! Aah!

Aah! Ooh,schweinhund!

%% here's another fine mess

that Im into, honey %%

%% it's a little bit sad

And a little bit funny %%

%% so listen if you want

To know the score %%

%% so listen if you want

To know the score %%

%% it's a story that you've

probably heard before %%

%% it's a story that you've

probably heard before %%

It's the same thing Ali McGraw

Had in love story.

No. What

You have is

A toxic

Blood disease.

If I remember

Correctly,

Miss MacGraw

Had leukemia.

Miss MacGraw

Had leukemia.

Yeah, but I wind up

The same way...

Dead.

I didn't say that,

Mr. Lawson.

You didn't

Have to say it.

You didn't

Have to say it.

Don't be afraid

To say it, Dr. Krugman.

I've had the biopsies.

Had the blood tests.

I had the spinal taps.

I had the spinal taps.

I've been to 3 doctors.

I've been to 3 doctors.

How long have I got?

How long have I got?

It's really very

Difficult to say.

It's really very

Difficult to say.

Try.

Try.

It's difficult to say

Because there's always a chance

That there's some doctor

Somewhere in some little lab

Who may find a cure.

Who may find a cure.

Look, Im not talking

About some miracle.

Look, Im not talking

About some miracle.

Now, barring

Some miracle...

Now, barring

Some miracle...

I'm a big man.

I'm a strong guy,

You know what I mean?

I can handle it.

Now tell me...

How long have I got?

Now tell me...

How long have I got?

I'd say you got a year.

Oh, my god! No!

I can't believe it!

I can't believe it!

A year to live!

I can't believe it!

I can't believe it!

Oh, sh*t!

Oh, sh*t!

What's the shortest?

I've seen some cases

Go in 3 months.

Oh, sh*t!

Oh, sh*t!

I got 3 months to live!

You can say 3 months

If you choose

To look at this thing

On its most negative level.

To look at this thing

On its most negative level.

That's where I choose

To look at it...

At the most

Negative level.

That's where

I'm comfortable.

The most negative level.

The most negative level.

I don't even feel sick.

I feel sick, but I don't

Feel like Im dying.

I feel sick, but I don't

Feel like Im dying.

I feel lousy,

But I don't feel

Like Im dying!

But I don't feel

Like Im dying!

People kept saying, "you're

Losing so much weight.

You look great."

"god, you look great.

You're losing

So much weight!"

You're losing

So much weight!"

I do look good.

I do look good.

Don't I look good?

You look good.

You look very good.

I think

You're going through

A period of remission.

You know, people

Frequently take on

An almost

Glowing quality...

Just before they die.

Just before they die.

I don't understand

Why you didn't call

Your own doctor sooner.

Surely,

You must have known

That you were quite ill

For some time.

That you were quite ill

For some time.

I thought I discovered

A new way to lose weight--

Throwing up.

Throwing up.

Throwing up's no good.

That's not good.

You can't keep that up.

You can't keep that up.

It's gonna get worse,

Isn't it?

Yeah. Unfortunately,

As the disease

Progresses,

The pain increases.

The pain increases.

I'm very curious.

How do you

Feel right now?

I don't have

A headache today.

I didn't have

One yesterday.

I didn't have

One yesterday.

My stomach is kind of bad.

On a scale from 1 to 10,

It's about a 6.

You rate the pain?

You rate the pain?

That's interesting.

That's really

Interesting.

That's really

Interesting.

You talk about pain...

You talk about pain...

We had a guy--

Came in this office

About 2-3 years ago...

Came in this office

About 2-3 years ago...

Never mind.

Never mind.

Anyway, we have

Wonderful drugs.

We really have

Miraculous drugs for pain.

We really have

Miraculous drugs for pain.

Really make you feel good.

We'll give you

Bone marrow injections,

Perhaps tie off

Some veins,

And maybe...

Maybe we'll remove

Your spleen.

Maybe we'll remove

Your spleen.

No.

No.

No!

No!

No!

You're not going

To remove nothing.

I haven't had much dignity

In my life,

But Ill have

Some dignity in my death.

I won't tell

Anybody about this, see?

I won't tell

My mother or my father.

Not gonna tell

My little daughter Julie.

Nobody will know

That Im going to die.

Nobody will know

That Im going to die.

Nobody!

Damn! Sorry.

You were saying.

Just tell me one thing.

Just tell me one thing.

What's it gonna be like

At the very end?

What's it gonna be like

At the very end?

Oh, well...

You're really not

Making it easy on me.

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

Ok. All right.

In the final stages,

You will be

Hospitalized.

You will experience

A great deal of

Shortness of breath,

Severe cramps,

And a great deal

Of hemorrhaging.

A great deal.

A great deal.

You forgot to make

Another appointment.

Mr. Lawson!

Mr. Lawson!

Mr. Lawson!

%% here's another fine mess

Im into, honey %%

%% they won't cut me loose

, not for love nor money %%

%% Im a fighter, but

They got me on the floor %%?

%% Im a fighter, but

They got me on the floor %%

%% don't believe

I'm gonna take this anymore %%

%% don't believe

I'm gonna take this anymore %%

%% here's another fine mess

I've stumbled into %%

%% as sorry a state

As Ive ever been to %%

%% though it's difficult

For some to understand %%

%% Im gonna knuckle down

And take it like a man %%

Pronounced dead by

A rotten corporation.

%% Im gonna knuckle down

And take it like a man %%

%% Im gonna knuckle down

And take it like a man %%

[sobbing]

[sobbing]

[dog whimpering]

[dog whimpering]

Excuse me, excuse me.

Excu--

Excu--

I got something

In my eye.

I got something

In my eye.

Uggh.

Uggh.

Hey!

What did he die of?

What, are you crazy?

Get out of here!

What, are you crazy?

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