Ashley Monroe.Photo: Scott Dudelson/Getty
Ashley Monroejust completed a major step in treating her rare type of blood cancer.
Monroe captioned the Instagram video, “Ring a ling a ling a ding dong ding … My last chemo is done! Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you for praying for me. I felt them more than you know.”
She added, “I’ve never been more thankful. Ready to Come back like never before in 2022!”
Monroe started chemotherapy in July of this year, which is also when she first publicly opened up onInstagramabout being diagnosed with Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM), a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma also known as lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma.
At the time, the “Drive” singer didn’t think much of it, she said, but her red blood cell count “kept falling,” and “they found out my iron /b12/ folic acid numbers were actually fine.”
According to theAmerican Cancer Society, WM cells mainly grow in bone marrow, “where they can crowd out the normal cells that make the different types of blood cells,” leading to anemia and causing tiredness and weakness. WM “can also cause low numbers of white blood cells, which makes it hard for the body to fight infection. The numbers of platelets in the blood can also drop, leading to increased bleeding and bruising.”
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Monroe is married to former White Sox Pitcher,John Danks, and the couple share son Dalton, 3.
Fans sent Monroe with well wishes and congratulatory messages following the completion of her last chemotherapy treatment.
source: people.com
