Re: I don't have cancer; they cut it out
- From: "Nana23" <nana23@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:54:39 -0500
"J" <philomath@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17248614%255E16947,00.html
>
> Cancer can't keep diva down
>
> November 15, 2005
>
> NEW YORK: A defiant diva is insisting that the show must go on despite
> being stricken with breast cancer just days before her Broadway debut.
>
> Maria Friedman has returned to the stage in New York after surgery to
> remove a lump in her breast and, although still bandaged and bruised, she
> says she is ready for Thursday's opening night of Andrew Lloyd Webber's
> The Woman in White.
>
> "Right now, I'm cancer-free. I don't have cancer; they cut it out," she
> said. "Until I do again, why waste my time?"
>
> Friedman, 45, is making her first appearance on Broadway as Marian
> Halcombe in the musical adaptation of the 1860 Wilkie Collins thriller - a
> role that she created in London's West End.
>
> Three days after she began preview performances on October 31, she
> discovered a lump in her breast and immediately went for a biopsy. Doctors
> diagnosed stage-one breast cancer.
>
> The diagnosis threw the $US8.5million ($11.6million) production into
> turmoil, threatening to sideline its leading lady for treatment. However,
> Friedman fought back to appear in the first preview performance last
> Thursday.
>
> To prevent leaks about her illness from discouraging fans, she told her
> story to The New York Times. "I found the lump on a Monday and two hours
> later, I had a mammogram," she said. "And three days later, I was in
> surgery."
>
> A malignant lump, about the size of a marble, was removed from her left
> breast. Five days later, she resumed rehearsals, while an understudy
> continued the preview shows. Upon her return, Friedman gave a vigorous
> three-hour performance, including lengthy solos, dancing and a stage
> fight.
>
> During the interval, her doctor, who was waiting in the wings, had to
> reapply the bandage wrapped around her upper torso because she complained
> that it was making it hard for her to breathe.
>
> The Times
Now there's a lady I admire. My Lord, I hope and pray that I can develop
that attitude. I did at first for over two years until I was told bluntly
that it will "come back". Stupid phrase that is, should be "never left".
Nana23
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