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04-28-2017, 02:39 AM
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4454262/Facts-Life-star-Charlotte-Rae-91-bone-cancer.html
The Facts Of Life star Charlotte Rae has revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer for a second time at 91.
The veteran actress told People (http://people.com/celebrity/the-facts-of-life-charlotte-rae-diagnosed-with-bone-cancer-at-91/) she has recently learned she has bone cancer.
Now, she says, she has to decide whether she wants to go through treatment like she did seven years ago when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - or let nature take its course.
She was slated to begin treatment Thursday, People reported, but opted to postpone it while she thinks about it some more.
'About seven years ago, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — which is a miracle that they found it because usually it’s too late,' Rae explained.
'My mother, sister and my uncle died of pancreatic cancer. After six months of chemotherapy, I was cancer-free. I lost my hair, but I had beautiful wigs. Nobody even knew,' she said.
“So now, at the age of 91, I have to make up my mind,' she added. 'Now I have to figure out whether I want to go have treatment again to opt for life.'
Rae told the publication she is not currently in any pain and her love for life is not diminished.
'At 91, every day is a birthday,' she stated.
Rae was beloved by generations of TV audiences as housekeeper Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes, and then its spin-off The Facts Of Life.
In 2015, she published a memoir The Facts Of My Life in which she detailed how she coped with the news that her husband John Strauss was gay and how she dealt with the loss of her eldest son Andrew.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-4454262/Facts-Life-star-Charlotte-Rae-91-bone-cancer.html
The Facts Of Life star Charlotte Rae has revealed that she has been diagnosed with cancer for a second time at 91.
The veteran actress told People (http://people.com/celebrity/the-facts-of-life-charlotte-rae-diagnosed-with-bone-cancer-at-91/) she has recently learned she has bone cancer.
Now, she says, she has to decide whether she wants to go through treatment like she did seven years ago when she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - or let nature take its course.
She was slated to begin treatment Thursday, People reported, but opted to postpone it while she thinks about it some more.
'About seven years ago, I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer — which is a miracle that they found it because usually it’s too late,' Rae explained.
'My mother, sister and my uncle died of pancreatic cancer. After six months of chemotherapy, I was cancer-free. I lost my hair, but I had beautiful wigs. Nobody even knew,' she said.
“So now, at the age of 91, I have to make up my mind,' she added. 'Now I have to figure out whether I want to go have treatment again to opt for life.'
Rae told the publication she is not currently in any pain and her love for life is not diminished.
'At 91, every day is a birthday,' she stated.
Rae was beloved by generations of TV audiences as housekeeper Edna Garrett on Diff'rent Strokes, and then its spin-off The Facts Of Life.
In 2015, she published a memoir The Facts Of My Life in which she detailed how she coped with the news that her husband John Strauss was gay and how she dealt with the loss of her eldest son Andrew.