Singing sensation Jessie J has been open with her fans about having to undergo surgery after saying that doctors caught the disease “early”
Jessie J has said that she “sobbed” over her breast cancer surgery scars during her recent health battle. The 37-year-old has been open about having to undergo urgent surgery, but admitted she was lucky that the cancer had been caught by doctors “early”.
The Price Tag singer had her first operation back in June and has been recovering since. She has since told her fans that she broke down in tears when she looked at the scars for the first time after her surgery.
Jessie said that due to it being caught early, she did not need to have radiotherapy or chemotherapy in her treatment plan. However, she has had to have a full mastectomy rather than a lumpectomy because of the size of the lump she found.
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The mum-of-one has now opened up in an interview with The Sunday Times’ Culture Magazine where she explained how she now feels when she sees the scars.
She said: “The other night. Mum was massaging my boob for me, because I can’t touch the scars. And I started sobbing, ‘I can’t believe this has happened.’ She was like, ‘I wish it was me,’ and then I’m crying, she’s crying… I’m so glad it’s not her.”
She went on to say that she will need more surgery in the future but is still determined to return to the music world, with her new song Believe In Magic due to be released on August 29.
Jessie added: “People think, once you’ve got the all-clear, now it’s done. But I’ve got another surgery [to improve the symmetry of her implant with her other breast] and I need to heal, so I have to figure out the rest of this year.”
She took to her Instagram page this week to tell her followers that she would need to have more surgery as part of her treatment. She wrote: “I can rest, parent AND release new music.
“I didn’t leave a major label after 18 years to be scared to re write the rules to fit around my life / health and just make it realistic on what I can deliver in all roles in my life. Another surgery needed this year. I can do it.”
Jessie then went on to mention her son as she added: “Raising a toddler. I can do it. Releasing new music. I can do it. It will look different to what I had planned but that’s life, things change and either we panic and get mad that it isn’t what is was going to be, or we ADAPT.
“I’m just flowing with life and giving the best I can. Instead of stopping and disappearing and waiting for the timing to be perfect to release music again. It’s never the perfect time. Because grown up life is layered and has highs and lows and we just have to keep living in all of it. So here I am. LIVING.
“And I just want you to have the music. Deal?” Jessie has previously confirmed she is not cancer free yet which is why she needs to have another operation to further treat the disease.
Source: Mirror
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