Bollywood actress sonali bendre has been vocal about her cancer diagnosis, as well as her journey to being cancer free. She was diagnosed with stage four metastatic cancer in 2018. After undergoing treatment in a New York City hospital, she became cancer free in 2021. In a recent interview, the actress revealed that she was in disbelief when they found out about her cancer diagnosis. She recalled that at one point she lost courage, but it was her husband Goldie Behl who refused to give up, and was clear about her getting a treatment in New York.
In a conversation with Faye D’Souza, sonali bendre said, “It was just disbelief. I said it can’t be happening to me. And then we go to the next stage of testing, and what we realized was that it had spread everywhere. Every time the doctors would come out of every test, they were going from grey to white." She said that the doctors were trying not to tell her about it, but she could see it on their faces. sonali bendre got emotional as she recalled how her husband Goldie Behl stood by her like a rock. She said that at one point while they talked about trying various treatments, she felt like ‘this is it’.
Sonali Bendre said that she is glad that she was getting her treatment in New York. She said “I wouldn’t have been able to do that in this city. I needed that anonymity, being able to be as ill as I could be without somebody judging me. I needed that little bit of time before I was okay with people judging me. That city gave me that anonymity. I’ll always be grateful to that city for that". sonali bendre and Goldie Behl got married on november 12, 2002. They are parents to a 19 year old son Ranveer Behl.
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