it's not over yet
more and more difficult. Now I've lost my mobility it's a complete loss of independence
and you become totally reliant on others. I need 24 -hour care or else
I'll have to go back into hospital."
Tell us about the TV movie you're in?
"I'm in the TV series 'Band of Brothers' and play a Jewish concentration
camp inmate. Because I'm so thin I was filmed in front of a blue screen
and made up to look even thinner and they then superimpose it back into
the main shot. It's quite ironic, being in such a movie. My doctor says
I don't look like a German prisoner of war now, more like a Japanese prisoner
of war."
Did the doctors talk through your options?
"It's quite difficult to talk about or plan a future when you've
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Nick is now back in his flat; with special airbed and support he can live reasonably independently
told the cancer's terminal. I'm on quite a lot of morphine for the pain but try and remain positive and not get upset. It doesn't look good for me and I've been getting quite emotional, but I do have my
family and good friends around me.
"The Salvation Army has helped me do my will and sort out all the
paperwork and the staff in the Mildmay and the Trinity Hospice have been
wonderful. They're all pretty sensitive about what's going on.
"My doctors tell me that the cancer I have is HIV-related, not smoking-related
