I’m A Survivor! Celebrities Who Fought Breast Cancer – and Won!
5. Melissa Etheridge
Two-time Grammy winner Melissa Etheridge faced a terrifying diagnosis and lived to tell the tale. One day during her tour in 2004, at the age of 43, Etheridge discovered a lump in her breast. She flew home to California, where she was diagnosed with stage-two breast cancer. “It was a rather large tumor but had only contaminated one lymph node.” A wonderful ultrasound technician helped Etheridge get through the initial diagnosis. “She was a five-year survivor who’d had a full mastectomy,” Etheridge told “Good Morning America,” “and she opened her blouse and said, ‘this is the worst that can happen.’” Now cancer-free, Etheridge recommends eating lots of fruits and vegetables, and donated the proceeds from “Piece of My Heart” sales to benefit breast cancer research.
