Anastacia refused to “pity” herself when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Anastacia refused to ‘pity’ herself when she had breast cancer
The 56-year-old singer underwent treatment for the disease in 2003 and was given the all-clear but it returned a decade later and she opted to have a double mastectomy.
She told The Guardian: “I’ve never feared for my life.
“And I’ve never lost faith. That’s just who I am. Faith as in belief. If you believe in yourself you’re just like: ‘Hmm, well. Got cancer. That sucks.’ Yes, I cried about it. Yes, I said: ‘God, I didn’t think I was going to die this way.’ But I didn’t wallow. I didn’t throw a pity party for myself.”
The ‘Left Outside Alone’ hitmaker believes that there is always “a health crisis one step away” but is pleased that she is going through the menopause at a time when so many high-profile women are using their platforms to speak out about the ramifications of the natural change.
She added: “I would just be talking – then, phew! Let me take off my jacket! Yo dude! I’m on FIRE! Wheew!’ I didn’t find it embarrassing. I thought, that’s hilarious … I was shocked that my body could do that. It was fascinating.
“[I’m] 100% full menopause.
“Halle Berry is talking about it, the Oprahs of this world … we’re all going: ‘Oh my God, we’re in f****** menopause!’ We’re talking about it to take away the cloud. It’s not a terrible thing!”
But the ‘I’m Outta Love’ songstress initially worried that she had a brain tumour when she first started going through the change before finding out that it was all caused by her hormones.
Speaking on the ‘White Wine Question Time’, she told Kate Thornton: “I didn’t know my exhaustion; I didn’t know my brain fog. I didn’t know all the things – I just thought I was tired.
“I was diagnosing myself but had no idea any of this was hormone related. I guess I was waiting for that ball to drop. My ball was, I thought I had a brain tumour and life was going horrible, and I was really, really scared.
