issues a statement saying, "i will be very supportive of him in dealing with the choices he has to make." - i remember it was very physically debilitating. he would get these enormous hot flashes. and he was very vulnerable in public. - what comes out of that is, for a while at least, a kinder, gentler rudy-- or at least the image of a kinder, gentler rudy. - he started talking about what things mean in life and love. he started hugging people. - was he a changed man? did he become more vulnerable after his diagnosis? maybe for a week or so. i don't recall much more than that.