KNBR conversation: Scott Fujita

When (Gleason) was first diagnosed, was it awkward for you to talk to him about it?

Like, did he want to talk about it, not want to talk about it, should you not bring it up or did you just take his lead?

How much inspiration and strength do you draw from Steve?

The average life expectancy is two to five years, but he continues to fight.

When you talk to him about it, why go on when the quality of life is what it is for him?

[...] he has so much support around him that the caregiver team allows him to go to school and pick up Rivers (his son) every day.

[...] he can converse with Rivers every day via technology, and Steve always says that absent a cure for the disease, technology is the cure.

[...] Steve has really been on the forefront of pushing tech so it’s just the way he’s living his life by having conversations with his son and just living is pretty remarkable.

There is more conversation and discussion around this disease than there ever has been before.

“Gleason”: Opens Friday at Bay Area theaters.