Lisa Ray diagnosed with incurable cancer

Bollywood actress Lisa Ray has unveiled in her blog “The Yellow Diaries” a terrible hard truth which she has been facing over a couple of months that she is suffering from Multiple Myeloma, a rare cancer of the plasma cells, which produce antibodies. Myeloma is an incurable disease.

The Canadian born Ray, who started off her career with the Bollywood movie Kasoor after modeling, decided to reveal the truth setting aside suggestion not to reveal the tragic news as it would affect her career.

The 37-year-old actress writes on September 3 that she has started this blog to give people an insight into her life. “The yellow diaries will be a place where I write about my personal journey,” she wrote.
On September 8, she wrote, “I was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma on June 23rd. Started my first cycle of treatment July 2nd…not long ago.”

“For me, it was a relief to hear what was wrong. The plasma cells in my bone marrow were rampaging, multiplying, squeezing out the red blood cells and it was time to begin doing something about it. I was also tired of being tired all the time. And you just know when something is not kosher with your body. So when I sat there with Bobcat- my life partner and reservoir of Yellow- and got the news I didn’t react and I didn’t cry. I’m an actress, believe me, I can be dramatic. Not just then though,” she adds.

The fact that Myeloma is incurable, I believe it can be cured, she says that is the dirty realist in me. “It’s a relatively rare cancer of the bone marrow that affects about 6000 Canadians. Every year, approximately 2100 more cases are diagnosed,” she wrote adding, “But only with an ever expanding toolbox of treatments and awareness can this Cancer be beat. So I’m going to do everything I can to wrench the spotlight onto Myeloma and Cancer Awareness. I believe it can be cured.”

Lisa, who had also been voted as 'The Most Beautiful Woman of the Millennium' is currently in Canada. She was last seen in Deepa Mehta’s Water, where she played a young widow, and will be seen in ‘I Can’t Think Straight’, a Shamim Sharif movie due for release on Sept 11, where she played a lesbian.

Lisa Ray now plans to wrench the spotlight onto Myeloma and cancer awareness. "I am going to do everything I can to create awareness on cancer," she says.