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MUSIC PEOPLE
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AUGUST 2021 Volume 52 Number 8 Issue 618
Editor Duncan Warwick
Contributors David Allan , Janet Aspley , Donnie Ayers , Craig Baguley , Tony Byworth , Larry Delaney , Don Cusic , Julie Flaskett , Michael Hingston , Stan Hitchcock , Tony Ives , Spencer Leigh , John Lomax III , Adrian Peel , Paul Riley , Alex Rossi , Chris Smith , Tom Travis , Walt Trott , Jack Watkins New release consultant : Steve Tidbury
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ASHLEY MONROE REVEALS BLOOD CANCER DIAGNOSIS countrymusicpeople @ gmail . com www . cmpcountry . com
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Country singer and songwriter Ashley Monroe has shared on social media that she has been diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer . The Pistol Annies member , 34 , wrote about her ordeal in an Instagram post in which she said , “ A few months ago my dr . was doing some routine lab work and found that I was anaemic . I was like , FINE , I ’ ll just double up on cheeseburger patties , take some extra vitamins and call it a day .”
“ Short story long , they did a bone marrow biopsy , ( ouch ), and VOILA ... a rare kind of blood c word called ‘ waldenstrom macroglobulinemia ’. It ’ s causing my body to be pretty severely anaemic , and I feel it .”
Monroe , who had released new music just weeks ago also thanked her friends and family and said she was “ fighting the most ” for her “ angel son .”
Monroe , who formed the Pistol Annies with Miranda Lambert and Angeleena Presley in 2009 and has released solo albums including The Blade and Like A Rose , also indicated that she would be beginning chemotherapy for the condition which is a form of non- Hodgkin ’ s lymphoma writing “ I start chemo tomorrow . Seems like such a negative thing to say . Until I flip that doom feeling on its head and think , Wow , I ’ m thankful I have an illness that is VERY live with-able . I ’ m thankful there IS a treatment that actually works to fight what is causing harm to my body .”
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