“Elle Macpherson’s Shocking Decision: The Eye-Opening Reason Behind Her Rejection of Chemotherapy After Cancer”
“It was a shock, it was unexpected, it was confusing, it was daunting in so many ways,” she told Australian Women’s Weekly about finding out she had cancer.
Elle Macpherson opened up about her battle with breast cancer for the first time since her diagnosis seven years ago
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“It really gave me an opportunity to dig deep in my inner sense to find a solution that worked for me…I realised I was going to need my own truth, my belief system to support me through it,” she told the outlet.
“And that’s what I did. So, it was a wonderful exercise in being true to myself, trusting myself and trusting the nature of my body and the course of action that I had chosen,” she continued.
The supermodel, who detailed her battle with cancer in her new memoir titled Elle, said she was diagnosed with HER2 positive estrogen receptive intraductal carcinoma—a specific type of breast cancer characterized by excessive copies of the HER2 gene.
While having discussions with her doctor about a treatment plan, their conversations included terms like radiation, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and breast reconstruction.
At 60, the Australian supermodel revealed her decision to forgo chemotherapy in favor of an “intuitive, heart-led, holistic approach”
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After several weeks of deliberation and advice from 32 doctors and experts, the renowned style icon decided not to undergo chemotherapy and opted for a non-pharmaceutical path.
