Celebrities and everyday people suffer from breast cancer. The only difference is that celebrities have the power and money to receive the newest and best treatment. Not to mention they have the means to try alternative medicine. So let's take a look at celebrity women and how they coped with fighting breast cancer.
Cynthia Nixon: This star from the show Sex and the City didn't want to reveal the fact that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. While she undergoing treatment she didn't tell the press or reveal it to the public because she didn't want to deal with paparazzi while she was have her treatments. She went through a lumpectomy and regular radiation treatments. Nixon wasn't the first in her family to have to cope with breast cancer her mother also fought against breast cancer as well. After Nixon went through all her treatments she decided that she could help other women cope and be an inspiration for women around the world. Nixon is now the ambassador for the Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
Sheryl Crow: Crow went in for a routine mammogram and they detected calcification in both of her breasts. When she found out what she was fighting she put her musical career on hold and immediately had surgery to remove the lumps and went into intensive radiation. While doing her radiation she also did acupuncture to relieve some of her pain and drank herbal teas. After her treatments were done she then went and petitioned congress to fund a research project that searched for possible links between breast cancer and environmental factors.
Edie Falco: When Falco was diagnosed with breast cancer she didn't tell a single soul, she says that she didn't want to feel anyone's pity. She didn't tell anyone that she had cancer until after she went through all the intensive treatments. She is now in remission.
Kylie Minogue: Kylie went in for a routine checkup and was misdiagnosed, they said that she was fine, but she wasn't convinced and went back in to have a second opinion and they found a lump on her right breast. She then had a partial mastectomy, radiation and an intensive round of chemotherapy. She now tells all women that they should follow their instincts over what they hear from the doctor.
Elizabeth Edwards: Edwards is the former wife of John Edwards, which was a presidential candidate. She hadn't had a mammogram in four years, until she discovered a large lump on her right breast and when she went in to have it checked it turned out to be cancerous. When she went through surgery and chemotherapy along with radiation, her doctors thought that she was cancer free until they found that the cancer spread to her ribs, hips and lungs, she lost her battle with cancer in 2010.
Taking a look out how the celebrities deal with having breast cancer really is no different than how everyday people cope. The only significant difference is that they have the power and money to help other women cope with the same disease.
