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Former Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding has shared a devastating update on her cancer diagnosis, which is now likely terminal.
The pop star was diagnosed with breast cancer in the summer of 2020 and has since undergone a mastectomy and intensive chemotherapy.
But in a devastating blow, the singer’s cancer has now spread to her spine.
In excerpts from the 39-year-old new book Hear Me Out, published by the Times on Saturday, Sarah candidly writes about her diagnosis and treatment, the Mirror reports.
Sarah explains: “In December, my doctor told me that next Christmas would probably be my last.” And then he adds: “I’m at a stage now where I don’t know how many months I have left.”
Sarah is currently considering treatment options for a secondary tumor at the base of her spine, which may have grown into her brain.
However, you do not want to undergo radiation therapy, as this would also mean losing your hair.
While she knows some might consider this “in vain”, Sarah maintains that if she only has a few months left, losing her hair is not worth it.
Having faced the trauma of losing her chest, which has left her unable to look in the mirror, Sarah wants to keep her hair blonde.
And, he writes: “I don’t want to feel that I have to spend the time that I have hidden.”
You also don’t want an accurate forecast and you can’t see why anyone would want that.
Instead of thinking about how many months she has left, Sarah focuses on making the most of the time she has.
“I’m trying to live and enjoy every second of my life, however much it may be,” he explains.
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This means enjoying simple things like lying down, roasting a chicken with its mother, who acts as its caregiver, or seeing Family Guy if he can’t sleep.
One thing you would love is to have the last chance to dance at the tables with your friends again. While the coronavirus has meant that Sarah is unable to see as many friends and family as she would have liked during her treatment, she still dreams of catching up.
Once known for her love of parties, Sarah admits that she is longing for a final reunion.
She writes, “I think what I’d really like to do is see everyone, all my friends, all together. One last time … one way to say thank you and goodbye.”
Sarah also talks about her diagnosis, which was late because she was too scared to seek help during the pandemic.
She ignored her breast lump until it was extremely painful, self-medicating with pain relievers that ‘exploded like Smarties’ even when she could no longer sleep in bed.
The singer also reveals that she was so ill that she nearly died of sepsis in the hospital when a port was placed before she began chemotherapy treatment.
Sarah explains how she had to medically detox after drinking to ease her fears, but was unable to wake up from the medically induced coma at first.
Sarah, who rose to fame on Popstars in 2002, talks openly about her experience of being treated for cancer.
Sharing the intense fear she felt, she thanks the doctors and nurses who tenderly and compassionately cared for her when Sarah’s friends and family were unable to be by her side due to coronavirus restrictions.
Unable to receive visitors, the nurses stepped in to fill the void, and one even helped her overcome her fears of sleeping after the coma by sleeping next to her.
Sarah urges fans to seek treatment if they have any suspicions that things are not right, saying that was one of the motivations for writing her book.
* Hear Me Out by Sarah Harding is published by Ebury on Thursday.
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