Thursday, January 23, 2014

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month- a celebrity story

Yes, celebrities can have cervical cancer too! Actor Josh Lucas' wife Jessica was a victim of cervical cancer. 
Jessica was 25 at her diagnoses of cervical cancer. Two rounds of treatment proved to be unsuccessful. Her doctor asked her to consider a hysterectomy, at the same time she found out she was pregnant! Jessica went against her oncologist and continued with the pregnancy and have birth to a baby boy. She says she doesn't regret her decision even though there was the chance the cancer could worsen and spread during the pregnancy. While the cancer did not spread it did worsen from stage 1a to 1b cervical cancer. She continued treatment the fall after delivering her baby. 

Read the full story here: http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/09/23/cervical-cancer-josh-lucas-jessica-henriquez-pregnant/

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