Channel 8 star Pan Lingling, who reportedly dropped out of a drama
for health reasons last year, has revealed that she was diagnosed
with breast cancer but that it is now in remission.
According to an article in The Straits Times, the 43-year-old said
scans found six cysts, of which one was a tumour, when she went for
a regular checkup in March last year, and then underwent
chemotherapy and radiotherapy to fight the disease.
She waited till she was in remission to tell the media as she said
that she didn't want the "concern to be a burden" as she was going
through treatment.
Pan, who has two sons said that she wanted to wait too so as not to
let the bad news affect her sons.
"They still have to go to school, and I didn't want the news to
affect them. It was a tough time for my kids and husband."
The actress, who is married to actor Huang Shinan, started filming
police drama Mata Mata 2 today, and was extremely touched when her
elder son Beckham dedicated an Instagram post to her beating
cancer.
The 15-year-old posted a picture of her, with numerous hands giving
her the thumbs-up, and the tagline "Beats Breast Cancer Like A
Boss".
He wrote: "Since it's already over the net, I have to say this. Hey
mum, it has been a tough time for you over the past year. I fully
understand the pain you have suffered, trying to fight off this
disastrous thing. I'm not embarrassed that my mum had breast
cancer. I'm proud that she beat it with her own strength, she
didn't put herself down and didn't give up. #HELLYEAH MUM!!!"
She choked up on the phone as she talked about her son's touching
gesture.
Pan, whose father also found out that he had lung cancer last year
and died on the third day of Chinese New Year this year, says: "
When my son found out that I had cancer, he cried and said sorry
for being a bad boy in the past. It was a very difficult year where
my family tried to let me just be happy and go for treatment. So
when my son posted this, it was so sweet."
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