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Famous breast cancer survivors
Kathy Bates
I was watching the old Misery movie last night starring Kathy Bates. Younger movie watchers will remember her as Molly Brown the oil widow on Titanic. What I didn't know is Kathy is a breast cancer survivor. Born in 1948, Kathy successfully overcame ovarian cancer in 2003. In 2012 she had a double mastectomy with breast cancer. Kathy didn't marry until she was 43 and divorced 6 years later. She has no children.
Kathy also has lymphedema in both arms and is National spokesperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) and has been actively involved in lymphedema and lymphatic disease advocacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Bates
I was watching the old Misery movie last night starring Kathy Bates. Younger movie watchers will remember her as Molly Brown the oil widow on Titanic. What I didn't know is Kathy is a breast cancer survivor. Born in 1948, Kathy successfully overcame ovarian cancer in 2003. In 2012 she had a double mastectomy with breast cancer. Kathy didn't marry until she was 43 and divorced 6 years later. She has no children.
Kathy also has lymphedema in both arms and is National spokesperson for the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) and has been actively involved in lymphedema and lymphatic disease advocacy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathy_Bates
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- And while she didn't have breast cancer Angelina Jolie certainly had the faulty BRCA gene and chose double mastectomy and removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes.
- Shannon Doherty is currently going through treatment for breast cancer. She is posting incredibly raw and honest accounts & photos of her diagnosis and treatment but with a beautiful edge of optimism. I think so many of us could relate to her thoughts. Wonderful to see a "celebrity" doing some good by sharing their personal lives. x
- Sally obermeder from channel 7 also had breast cancer! She just had her second baby through a surrogate after being diagnosed the day before her daughter was born
- Singer Melissa Etheridge is also a breast cancer survivor
- Great minds think alike! I was watching Misery on xmas eve! Love Kathy Bates! Didnt know she was a survivor too ☺️☺️☺️
- Hey Demica, Welcome to the forum and thanks for posting about Anastacia - she's such an awesomely strong woman anyway and I had no idea she was a BC survivor. Excellent!!!
- Add Anastacia. I love that Anastacia ('All out of love,' singer) chose to share her scars in a beautiful photo shoot. She is such an inspiration. Her photos tell the world that we should not be ashamed of our scars.
There is not a lot of pretty with what comes with BC: sadness, loss, surgery, post-surgery, hair loss, fatigue, chemo, post-chemo...so it is good to be reminded, as we are travelling a similar journey, that something beautiful can be in store, after this time passes.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3960458/I-used-resent-feel-extremely-empowered-Anastacia-reveals-mastectomy-scars-time-poses-naked-stunning-new-shoot.html
Love reading your posts. - There are lots ladies!!!! Woo Hoo! Cynthia Nixon from Sex and the City, Carly Simon - Singer, Jaclyn Smith - Charlies Angels.
- Don't forget the wonderful Cheryl Crowe!
- Add Dame Maggie Smith to the list.
