{"id":38643,"date":"2013-10-01T21:31:07","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T17:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=38643"},"modified":"2013-10-01T21:31:07","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T17:31:07","slug":"anastacia-undergoes-double-mastectomy-after-being-diagnosed-with-breast-cancer-for-the-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=38643","title":{"rendered":"Anastacia undergoes double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Anastacia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-38645\" alt=\"Anastacia\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Anastacia.jpg\" width=\"266\" height=\"393\" \/><\/a>Anastacia has undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the second time.<\/p>\n<p>The I&#8217;m Outta Love singer, 45, announced the news as she updated her fans on her recovery as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>Anastasia, who said she underwent a double mastectomy with Latissimus Dorsi flap surgical procedure, was first diagnosed with the disease in 2003.<\/p>\n<p>She then announced in February this year that she had been diagnosed with the disease again, and was forced to cancel her planned European tour.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking previously about her successful battle against breast cancer, Anastacia blamed the stress of being a world-famous singer for her contracting the disease, as there was no history of breast cancer in her family.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to battling cancer, Anastacia also suffers from a heart condition called supraventricular tachycardia &#8211; in which the heart can have episodes of beating more than three times as fast as average &#8211; and has to take a daily pill to regulate it.<\/p>\n<p>She also has Crohn&#8217;s Disease &#8211; an inflammatory bowel condition that causes a range of distressing symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting, fevers and severe cramps.<\/p>\n<p>But speaking recently about her health struggles, Anastacia said that her illnesses have helped shape her into the woman she is today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anastacia has undergone a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer for the second&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":38645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[224,137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}