Post by shayne on Jun 5, 2007 21:35:35 GMT 8
Delta Goodrem's baby blues
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21852963-5006002,00.html
June 05, 2007 12:00
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
Better days ... Delta Goodrem is still haunted by the cancer she beat four years ago. Picture: Austin Hargrave / The Daily Telegraph
DELTA Goodrem has revealed she may never be able to have children because she was "too young" to think about having her eggs frozen while she underwent chemotherapy.
"Brian is very caring and makes sure I get myself checked regularly. I don't know if we will be able to have children because the treatment can make you infertile. At 18, I felt I was too young to think about having my eggs frozen," Delta told UK's Daily Mail.
It's been almost four years since Delta Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the star has only just started to share some of her darkest moments during that period.
Many watched with pride as Goodrem stole the show at the 2003 ARIA awards but what most didn't realise just how painful the whole experience was for the 22-year-old.
"I lost my innocence to cancer."
"The world became darker. The awards gave me something to look forward to, and I spent ages planning my dress.
"But after several months of chemotherapy, I only had little tufts of hair left which were going grey. So I wore a wig and had my nurse backstage."
"First I became skeletal and then, when I was put on steroids, became puffy and bulked out.
"My skin became sallow, I had no eyelashes or eyebrows, and my teeth started moving so I had to wear a brace,'' she said.
Despite her positive attitude and being on the road to recovery, Delta was feeling the strain of having to go through painful cancer treatments.
"I felt very unattractive and wrote my 2004 album, Mistaken Identity, about that whole time. And yet I felt wise, as though I knew something other people didn't."
But while doctors managed to kill the lymphona, the long-term effects of her treatment on her immune system have stayed with her.
"My appendix has been painful and I've had several kidney infections requiring hospital treatment. If I get a cold, it lasts for a month.
But Delta, who is currently in London, is still putting on a brave face and remaining positive.
"I feel healthy, alive and energetic," she says.
"I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective."
www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21852963-5006002,00.html
June 05, 2007 12:00
Article from: The Daily Telegraph
Better days ... Delta Goodrem is still haunted by the cancer she beat four years ago. Picture: Austin Hargrave / The Daily Telegraph
DELTA Goodrem has revealed she may never be able to have children because she was "too young" to think about having her eggs frozen while she underwent chemotherapy.
"Brian is very caring and makes sure I get myself checked regularly. I don't know if we will be able to have children because the treatment can make you infertile. At 18, I felt I was too young to think about having my eggs frozen," Delta told UK's Daily Mail.
It's been almost four years since Delta Goodrem was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and the star has only just started to share some of her darkest moments during that period.
Many watched with pride as Goodrem stole the show at the 2003 ARIA awards but what most didn't realise just how painful the whole experience was for the 22-year-old.
"I lost my innocence to cancer."
"The world became darker. The awards gave me something to look forward to, and I spent ages planning my dress.
"But after several months of chemotherapy, I only had little tufts of hair left which were going grey. So I wore a wig and had my nurse backstage."
"First I became skeletal and then, when I was put on steroids, became puffy and bulked out.
"My skin became sallow, I had no eyelashes or eyebrows, and my teeth started moving so I had to wear a brace,'' she said.
Despite her positive attitude and being on the road to recovery, Delta was feeling the strain of having to go through painful cancer treatments.
"I felt very unattractive and wrote my 2004 album, Mistaken Identity, about that whole time. And yet I felt wise, as though I knew something other people didn't."
But while doctors managed to kill the lymphona, the long-term effects of her treatment on her immune system have stayed with her.
"My appendix has been painful and I've had several kidney infections requiring hospital treatment. If I get a cold, it lasts for a month.
But Delta, who is currently in London, is still putting on a brave face and remaining positive.
"I feel healthy, alive and energetic," she says.
"I used to get stressed out, but my cancer has put everything into perspective."