Kathy Bates Weight Loss
Shock revelation: Actress Kathy Bates, pictured her in June this year, has revealed that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and recently underwent a double mastectomy 'After much consideration, I underwent a double mastectomy,' she told the magazine. 'Luckily, I don't have to undergo radiation or chemo.
KATHY BATES – WEIGHT LOSS 60 LBS. American actress Kathy Bates began her career back in 1971. During all those years, she has captivated the public with her superb acting skills and charisma. The actress also showed a great deal of strength after being diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2003.
My family call me Kat because I always land on my feet and thankfully this is no exception.' Bates has also assured she is going to be fine following the diagnosis and subsequent procedure.
'My doctors have assured me I'm going to be around for a long time,' she said. 'I'm looking forward to getting back to work doing what I love to do.' Big role: Bates is best known for her award-winning role as villain Annie Wilkes in the 1990 film Misery In an interview with Anderson Cooper she said she was advised to keep quiet about her ailment. She said: 'I was advised to. I was contracted to go into a movie at that time, 'Little Black Book' with Brittany Murphy who I miss very much, but my doctors at the time they had to get insurance approval and all of that, so I was very quiet about it. 'I had to go back to work right away and I guess part of it was just, I don't know how to explain it, nobody else really knows what you're going through except another cancer patient. 'Even though your family is supportive and surrounds you I just got to the point where I would go to chemo by myself and just really go through it on my own.
Kathy Bates Health Update
'I guess it's something I felt I had to face on my own.' Bates, who is best known for her award-winning role as villain Annie Wilkes in the 1990 film Misery, said that if she could have change things, she wouldn't have suffered silently. She said: 'Now if I go through it again, I think I would be a lot more open about it.
I admire people who have been open like Melissa Ethridge and women I see walking around facing it with out wigs and all of that stuff. 'I think I would be more courageous next time.' Kathy has been in 'total remission' from her ovarian for over nine years now.