Julia Louis-Dreyfussays that being diagnosed with breast cancer changed her perspective.“I have a different kind of view of my life now, having seen that edge — that we’re all going to see at some point, and which, really, as a mortal person you don’t allow yourself to consider, ever,” theVeepstar tellsThe New Yorkerin a new profile.“And why would you? What are you going to do with it?” she adds to the publication. “I was a little more breezy before. I was a little … breezy.”But even as she grappled with the gravity of her situation, Louis-Dreyfus tried to keep a positive mindset.“‘Am I gonna be dead tomorrow’ kind of thing? I didn’t let myself go there,” she said. “Don’t misunderstand: I was to-my-bones terrified. But I didn’t let myself — except for a couple of moments — go to a really dark place. I didn’t allow it.”Louis-Dreyfus recountedthe career highs and personal lows during the week in 2017 when she learned the news.She had a radiologist appointment on a Friday because of a lump in her breast. “He did a biopsy,” she noted, “and he said, ‘I think you should prepare yourself for bad news.'”Paul Morigi/GettyTwo days later, she nabbed an Emmy Award for her work onVeep. “Monday morning, Ifound out — it’s cancer,” she remembered. “I mean, is that crazy?”Chemotherapy — which, she says, “blasted” her hair — left her to contend with nausea, diarrhea, neuropathy and sores.Her entire body felt different. “They definitely betrayed me,” Louis-Dreyfus quipped of her breasts. “It was like,I thought I knew these.”In September, Louis-Dreyfus discussed her recoverywith PEOPLEand said she was “feeling well.”“I’m grateful to be alive,” she said at the time. “I’m grateful for my heroic husband [Brad Hall] and our lovely young boys [HenryandCharlie], or young men, I should say, who are our boys. And my friends and family. I’m grateful I have the life I have.”RELATED VIDEO: Fran Drescher Talks About Cancer Struggle: I Don’t Wish It Upon AnyoneIn October, as shewon the Mark Twin Prize for American Humor, Louis-Dreyfusshared her best coping mechanism: laughter.“Cancer isn’t at all funny, but a big part of dealing with it has been finding the funny moments,” she said.
Julia Louis-Dreyfussays that being diagnosed with breast cancer changed her perspective.
“I have a different kind of view of my life now, having seen that edge — that we’re all going to see at some point, and which, really, as a mortal person you don’t allow yourself to consider, ever,” theVeepstar tellsThe New Yorkerin a new profile.
“And why would you? What are you going to do with it?” she adds to the publication. “I was a little more breezy before. I was a little … breezy.”
But even as she grappled with the gravity of her situation, Louis-Dreyfus tried to keep a positive mindset.
“‘Am I gonna be dead tomorrow’ kind of thing? I didn’t let myself go there,” she said. “Don’t misunderstand: I was to-my-bones terrified. But I didn’t let myself — except for a couple of moments — go to a really dark place. I didn’t allow it.”
Louis-Dreyfus recountedthe career highs and personal lows during the week in 2017 when she learned the news.
She had a radiologist appointment on a Friday because of a lump in her breast. “He did a biopsy,” she noted, “and he said, ‘I think you should prepare yourself for bad news.'”
Paul Morigi/Getty
Two days later, she nabbed an Emmy Award for her work onVeep. “Monday morning, Ifound out — it’s cancer,” she remembered. “I mean, is that crazy?”
Chemotherapy — which, she says, “blasted” her hair — left her to contend with nausea, diarrhea, neuropathy and sores.
Her entire body felt different. “They definitely betrayed me,” Louis-Dreyfus quipped of her breasts. “It was like,I thought I knew these.”
In September, Louis-Dreyfus discussed her recoverywith PEOPLEand said she was “feeling well.”
“I’m grateful to be alive,” she said at the time. “I’m grateful for my heroic husband [Brad Hall] and our lovely young boys [HenryandCharlie], or young men, I should say, who are our boys. And my friends and family. I’m grateful I have the life I have.”
RELATED VIDEO: Fran Drescher Talks About Cancer Struggle: I Don’t Wish It Upon Anyone
In October, as shewon the Mark Twin Prize for American Humor, Louis-Dreyfusshared her best coping mechanism: laughter.
“Cancer isn’t at all funny, but a big part of dealing with it has been finding the funny moments,” she said.
source: people.com
