Lisa Ray had cancer relapse just a month after she got married to her now-husband Jason Dehni
Actress Lisa Ray, who was one of the first women from Bollywood to brave cancer and live the life she wanted, opened up about the lowest phase of her life. Talking about it on Kareena Kapoor Khan's show 'What Women Want', Lisa stated that her lowest point was her cancer relapse just a month into her wedding. More so, she had to keep that a secret from her husband.
1. Lisa Ray on her lowest point in life
Talking about her lowest point, Lisa stated, “I relapsed once. This is something that I have not spoken about extensively. It happened just a month after getting married. That was a really difficult time. I was actually hiding that secret from my husband. I thought I just have to get through the shaadi and then I will figure out what to do. So, that was a real low, because the first time I was dealing with cancer, I was single.”
2. Lisa on why she kept her cancer relapse a secret from husband Jason Dehni
Lisa went on to elaborate why she kept the cancer relapse a secret from husband Jason Dehni. “I had this beautiful man who had just become my husband and consented to getting married to this woman with this fatal disease, and the first piece of news that I had to share with him was, ‘Baby, thanks for marrying me. By the way, I probably have to go back on treatment.’ That was very difficult but at the same time, I took that as a signal that there was some piece of the puzzle that was missing in terms of the healing journey. So right after that, I started incorporating a lot of nutrition and holistic healing. Ironically, within three months of changing my diet radically, I was in remission,” she said.
3. When the doctor thought Lisa Ray would have gone into cardiac arrest
While telling Kareena about how nobody is cautious when it comes to treating themselves at the root cause, she admitted, “Finally, when I got my blood test done... I will never forget this because the doctor actually stood up from behind the table when she saw the results and said, ‘How are you even standing? You should be going into cardiac arrest because your red blood cell count is so low!’ Then I realised that this is not something to be proud of. You know, in our world today, we tend to celebrate these heroes who are like, ‘Push yourself past your limits’ and blah blah. Actually, I think there is a lot of damage in doing that. I think balance is a better way of doing it. I think that pushing myself past my body’s limits almost killed me.”