It is shocking to know that the actress Hamsa Nandini who is the darling of many hearts is diagnosed with cancer. She revealed about it on her social media account.
“No matter what life throws at me, no matter how unfair it may seem, I refuse to play the victim. I refuse to be ruled by fear, pessimism and negativity. I refuse to quit. I will push forward with courage and love,” she wrote.
She also mentioned- “The trauma of my mother, whom I’d lost to cancer, came gushing out. Within a few hours, I rushed to a mammography centre for my very first mammogram. My fears were confirmed. I was diagnosed with a Grade III Invasive Carcinoma (breast cancer) and was immediately asked to meet a surgical oncologist to discuss the type of biopsy that needed to be carried out. Thereafter, I was beseeched with the pangs of trauma from my mother’s battle with cancer, driving me into a volley of nightmares”.
Going introspective she writes- “As for mine, no number of adjustments seemed enough to accommodate the malady that became a proverbial tumour of my precious time. With thorough consultations from a surgical oncologist, PET scans and a plethora of other tests, I learnt that I’d need to undergo a lumpectomy, 16 cycles of chemotherapy and radiation”.
She continued- “I tested positive for the BRCA1 mutation and my battle morphed into a full-blown war,” she says. “I was told that throughout my life, there was a 70% chance of me redeveloping another breast cancer and a 45% chance of developing ovarian cancer. That meant my fight didn’t end with lumpectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. I’d have to go through multiple prophylactic surgeries over the next three years and that eliminating all the risks is impossible and that the threat of cancer will loom on for as long as I live.”
It is shocking to know she has already undergone nine chemotherapies. Let us hope she recovers from this and comes out with flying colors like Manisha Koirala, Sonali Bindre and Yuvraj Singh.
