Sarah Harding
Girls Aloud singer reports back after being diagnosed with cancer
Singer Sarah Harding is working on her autobiography
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In August, ex-Girls Aloud band member Sarah Harding announced her diagnosis of breast cancer. Now she published an update.
At the end of August, Sarah Harding (39) announced her breast cancer diagnosis on Instagram. Now the former member of the British girl band Girls Aloud ("Something New") has contacted her fans for the first time since then. On Instagram, she announced that she had been working on a biography during her chemotherapy.
In her post, the singer also thanks for the many messages and comments she has received since her diagnosis was announced. The words of her fans would have given her a lot of strength. Then she talks about the book: In September, a publisher asked the 39-year-old if she wanted to write a book about her life. The work on the biography, which will be published after Christmas, has helped Harding a lot in the past few weeks, she continues.
Book created a positive distraction
"It came at such a favorable time for me because it gave me something fun and positive to focus on while I was stuck in between trips to the hospital for treatment at home," writes the artist of her work on the book . "I'm almost done now and this week my mom and I went through old photos to choose which ones to take." She showed one of them in the post.
On August 26, the singer announced her illness on Instagram after a long absence. Harding also posted a picture of himself from a hospital bed. "There is no easy way to say this (…)" she wrote. She was diagnosed with breast cancer some time ago, "and a few weeks ago I received the devastating news that the cancer had spread to other parts of my body." Back then, she went through "weekly chemotherapy sessions" – "I fight as hard as I can," Harding said.