How Sheryl Crow Coped With Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis
“You can’t take care of everyone’s emotions”
Sheryl Crow is an iconic rock star, incredible friend (I know this from personal experience!), amazing mother — and a breast cancer survivor. The “Threads” musician was diagnosed 13 years ago, after dragging herself to a mammogram appointment she dreaded… and even considered skipping. Now, Sheryl considers herself to be a “poster child for early detection,” and is speaking out in the hopes of encouraging other women to #MamUp.
Here are the lessons that Sheryl learned from her experience with the disease, her best advice for people newly-diagnosed, and why she thinks every month (not just October) should be Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Katie Couric: Sheryl, you’ve been so open about your experience with breast cancer. Before your diagnosis 13 years ago, how would you describe your health? How did you first discover that something might be amiss?
Sheryl Crow: In 2006, I was 44 years old. I had a scheduled yearly mammogram appointment coming up and like every woman, I dreaded it and wanted to put it off. I was busy — plus it was Grammy week and I just didn’t want…
