Health knowledge made personal
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In October 2010, I did a story about a celebrity couple,
Giuliana and Bill Rancic, who has their own reality show on the Style Network,
chronicling their struggles with infertility and their attempts at
invitro-fertilization, to hopefully have the family they so want.
See story at http://onereachinganother.blogspot.com/2010/10/we-have-indeed-come-long-way.html
Turns out, on their second attempt at invitro-fertilization,
(the first sadly ended in a miscarriage), Giuliana was diagnosed with early
stage breast cancer and has now announced that she will be doing a double mastectomy,
as this is the only option which gives the cancer a less than 1% chance of
returning.
Tears came to my eyes as I watch her make the
announcement along with her very supportive husband Bill. When asked how this
would impact on their plans to have children, Giuliana said, she has to choose
life at this point and further said that her husband, when they were in
discussing their options about the cancer, said to her, “I just want you around
for another 50 years kid, so let’s just get you healthy.”
This is a tough one, and I am now realising how good I had it, even though I thought that my days struggling with
infertility were some of the darkest, but if cancer was thrown into the mix, I
am pretty sure those days would be even darker.
This couple is in my prayers, as I ask for God’s
favour on their lives.
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