Herečka na sociální sítích uvedla, že jí lékaři objevili Non-Hodgkinův lymfom. „Je to velmi dobře léčitelný nádor. Osmdesát procent lidí přežije,“ uvedla Fondová. Kvůli nádoru zahájila šestiměsíční chemoterapii a léčbu doteď podle svých slov snáší dobře.
Fondová také dodala, že má štěstí, protože má zdravotnickou pojistku, která jí umožňuje přístup k nejlepším doktorům a léčbě. „Uvědomuji si, a je to bolestivé, že jsem v tomto ohledu privilegovaná,“ uvedla Fondová, která se angažuje v ochraně klimatu či v hnutí za rovnost práv.
Pro americkou herečku, která získala dva Oskary za nejlepší ženskou roli a řadu dalších filmových cen, se nejedná o první zdravotní potíže. V minulosti například prodělala rakovinu kůže.
So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share. I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments.
This is a very treatable cancer. 80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky.
I’m also lucky because I have health insurance and access to the best doctors and treatments. I realize, and it’s painful, that I am privileged in this. Almost every family in America has had to deal with cancer at one time or another and far too many don’t have access to the quality health care I am receiving and this is not right.
We also need to be talking much more not just about cures but about causes so we can eliminate them. For example, people need to know that fossil fuels cause cancer. So do pesticides, many of which are fossil fuel-based, like mine.
I’m doing chemo for 6 months and am handling the treatments quite well and, believe me, I will not let any of this interfere with my climate activism.
Cancer is a teacher and I’m paying attention to the lessons it holds for me. One thing it’s shown me already is the importance of community. Of growing and deepening one’s community so that we are not alone. And the cancer, along with my age --almost 85-- definitely teaches the importance of adapting to new realities.
We’re living through the most consequential time in human history because what we do or don’t do right now will determine what kind of future there will be and I will not allow cancer to keep me from doing all I can, using every tool in my toolbox and that very much includes continuing to build this Fire Drill Fridays community and finding new ways to use our collective strength to make change.
The midterms are looming, and they are beyond consequential so you can count on me to be right there together with you as we grow our army of climate champions.
