New Delhi: She fought and conquered. Now, cancer survivor actress Lisa Ray wants to put all adversities behind her to re-engage with life.
The 39-year-old model-turned-actress who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in June 2009, a cancer of the white blood cells, says that she is happy to have overcome such a tough phase of life.
“I am excited to re-engage with life. I have been through a difficult period and I was very open about it. There are many lessons that I learnt during that phase of my life.
“I call myself a ‘cancer graduate’. Now I am more prepared than before and very enthusiastic about life. I have gone through a very difficult time and I know that it can’t get worse than that, so I am not worried,” Ray said.
The Canada born beauty, who was last seen on the big screen in ‘Cooking with Stella’ said that although she still struggles with her health, she wants to get back to films as soon as possible.
“I am happy to be alive. I still struggle with my health. I have to work very hard to keep up my health. Yoga helps me to de-stress and I also try and get ample sleep. I am working on opening a yoga studio in Canada and also writing a book on cancer awareness. “I want to get back into films with a nice ‘juicy’ project. I don’t really plan anything so I will wait for something that really interests me. I am in no hurry to load myself with work and anyway I will have to wait for my hair to grow long to work in a film,” she said. (PTI)