talkingaboutcancer.com » Sharing http://talkingaboutcancer.com Helping with the emotional impact of cancer. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:14:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Celebrities that share their cancer journey http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/80 http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/80#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:05:09 +0000 Postmaster http://talkingaboutcancer.com/archives/80 As a young woman I watch Charley’s Angels religiously.  I loved all the women in it and the fact that they were shown as strong women at the time was wonderful to see.  I thought Farrah Fawcett was so beautiful…as did millions of others.  The beauty I saw then was on the outside, but when I watched the Farrah Fawcett Story her true inner beauty came out.  I’m sure its not easy in Hollywood to come out and say, hey I have cancer, and by the way, its anal cancer…my heart went out to her and her family through her long and tough journey with cancer.  Farrah showed both strength and softness throughout her entire journey.  She was so blessed to have her friend Alana Stewart and her family to share the journey with her.  Sometimes I hear people talk about someone with cancer in a hushed tone and say they feel “sorry” for them.  Farrah showed that she had a full life in spite of her cancer and I felt she wouldn’t want anyone feeling sorry for her.  I felt she experienced some of the worst times of her life and some of the best times of her life.  I applaud her for sharing her difficult journey and giving an awareness to all about anal cancer.  Her death in June of 2009 was a sad loss.

I also grew up watching Patrick Swayze develop as an actor. He was a wonderful actor and from the sounds of it also a truly wonderful husband.  He was another actor that was very handsome.  I loved him in Ghost…who didn’t.  When he passed away in September of 2009 it was also a sad loss.  My heart goes out to his wonderful wife and I thank them both for their openness about their journey and the fact that he never gave up.

Sharing your life with the masses is not easy, I’m sure.  The gift of awareness that they both gave about their kinds of cancer is priceless.  My wish to them now it that they are at peace and where they want to be.  I thank them from the bottom of my heart.

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