Kylie Minogue said she is still suffering from side effects of cancer medication she’s taking, adding that she will be happy when she can stop taking the medication.
Minogue, 41, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and subsequently underwent surgery and had chemotherapy. More than five years later, she said she is still taking the drugs to prevent a remission.
“Trust me, I have been in floods of tears at my oncologist, saying, ‘I can’t stand it, get me off this stuff!’ And then he will become very stern and say, ‘We have to cure you.’ So you have to carry on with it because it works,” she told UK’s The Daily Mail.
Side effects of the medication include nausea and headaches.
“I'll finish early next year and that will be amazing, but I’ve also heard you can feel quite insecure when you first come off it because you have relied on this medication for so long. It’s going to be a big adjustment,” the Australian pop star added.
Minogue, who quickly returned to touring after she was diagnosed, told the Mail that a large part of her recovery can also be attributed to support from her family, friends, and fans—as well as her work in the studio.
“Work was a big part of my recovery. Even as I was going through treatment I would be fantasizing – well, maybe not so much fantasizing as projecting – about the Showgirl Homecoming tour,” she said.
“I had to do it – I don’t know what else I would have done.”
Minogue, 41, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 and subsequently underwent surgery and had chemotherapy. More than five years later, she said she is still taking the drugs to prevent a remission.
“Trust me, I have been in floods of tears at my oncologist, saying, ‘I can’t stand it, get me off this stuff!’ And then he will become very stern and say, ‘We have to cure you.’ So you have to carry on with it because it works,” she told UK’s The Daily Mail.
Side effects of the medication include nausea and headaches.
“I'll finish early next year and that will be amazing, but I’ve also heard you can feel quite insecure when you first come off it because you have relied on this medication for so long. It’s going to be a big adjustment,” the Australian pop star added.
Minogue, who quickly returned to touring after she was diagnosed, told the Mail that a large part of her recovery can also be attributed to support from her family, friends, and fans—as well as her work in the studio.
“Work was a big part of my recovery. Even as I was going through treatment I would be fantasizing – well, maybe not so much fantasizing as projecting – about the Showgirl Homecoming tour,” she said.
“I had to do it – I don’t know what else I would have done.”
