It
is
said
that
courage
and
fortitude
can
overcome
all
odds.
This
especially
holds
true
for
actress
Lisa
Ray,
who
went
through
a
rough
patch
for
the
past
few
months
when
diagnosed
with
cancer.
In
the
face
of
such
adversity,
people
either
give
up
or
chose
to
fight
back.
Lisa
chose
the
latter
and
has
today
emerged
a
winner!
The
pretty
actress
was
diagnosed
with
Multiple
Myeloma,
a
rare
form
of
cancer
on
June
23,
2009.
It"s
an
incurable
cancer
of
the
white
blood
cells
known
as
plasma
cells
and
had
taken
root
in
her
bone
marrow.
She
went
through
none
of
the
expected
notions
of
panic,
despair
or
shock.
Instead,
she
was
optimistic
from
the
word
go
and
met
it
head
on.
She
began
the
first
batch
of
treatments
on
July
2,
2009,
mere
weeks
after
the
discovery.
It
takes
a
lot
of
resilience
to
face
such
trying
times.
She
battled
with
medication,
steroids,
treatments
like
Velcade
and
Revlimid,
and
the
continuous
hunger
that
went
with
the
condition.
Chemotherapy
caused
her
to
lose
her
lustrous
locks
but
she
remained
unfazed,
even
when
her
bald
pictures
were
circulated
in
the
media.
All
those
efforts
today
now
paid
off.
Lisa
is
now
cured
of
the
last
traces
of
the
disease.
The
Canadian-born
38-year
old
has
said
on
her
blog
that
the
experience
has
inspired
and
humbled
her.
The
optimistic
stunner
is
now
set
for
a
new
phase
of
life.
Lisa,
who
has
appeared
in
films
like
Kasoor
and
Water,
will
soon
be
seen
in
Cooking
With
Stella.
She
is
also
working
on
UniGlobe
Entertainment's
cancer
docu-drama
titled
1
a
Minute
featuring
cancer
survivors
like
Olivia
Newton-John,
Diahann
Carroll,
Melissa
Etheridge
and
Mumtaz.
The
spunky
lady
wants
to
spread
awareness
about
the
lesser
known
form
of
cancer.