EXCLUSIVE: Was told I have 30% chances of survival: Sonali Bendre opens up on her cancer journey

Sonali Bendre is one of the most loved actresses of Bollywood. Back in 2018, Sonali Bendre was diagnosed with metastatic cancer and underwent treatment in New York. The actress fought back against the deadly disease and is back to work. Now, in the latest episode of Her Story on Bollywood Bubble, Sonali opened up about how she reacted to her cancer news, husband Goldie Behl’s support, losing hair and more.

Talking about dealing with the deadly disease, Sonali said, “There was lot of fear. But you either made it or you didn’t. When there are only those two choices and you don’t like one choice, then you work towards the only choice that is available and kind of block the other one out and say this is what it takes to make it then this is what I am doing. And I think there’s where we were and I wanted to make it and this felt like the only way that I would make it if I embraced it rather than fought it.”

 

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Furthermore, Sonali revealed that the cancer news shocked her and everyone in her family. The actress also shared she was told she had only 30% chances of survival. Sonali said, “It was a shock to all of us. It was totally unexpected. When I went for my treatment, the day doctor tells me that you’ve 30% chances of survival, you are on 4^th stage, and we’ve gone to New York we don’t have an apartment anything.. Goldie and me.. only the two of us by the time everybody could be collected or whatever. Just the two of us have gone and he’s like I’m gonna go and look for the apartment and I’m like I’m not gonna sit here alone I am coming with you. And at the end of it when I look at my smartwatch and see I’ve walked 10 kilometers and you know what… when this is what I’ve heard and If I can walk up and can do this then I’m gonna survive it. That was the signal that I’m gonna survive. That night, I didn’t sleep. I went through that whole night and woke up saying ‘this is it. I’m not going to cry over this. This is the last bit of it and I’m going to take it head on and I’m gonna make the most of it’. And quite frankly, after that we did treat it like a holiday in the US with chemotherapy thrown in.”

Sonali is married to filmmaker Goldie Behl and has a son named Ranveer.

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