Melissa Etheridge Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

meisinger · Post by **meisinger** » October 8, 2004 8:01 am

Sounds like they caught it early. Here's to a full recovery.
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Prthd119 · Post by **Prthd119** » October 8, 2004 8:05 am

She is a very cool lady...
A friend of mine here took me to see her one time ..Their family invented and owns Ovation Guitars....and that is what Melissa plays...We got to go backstage and hang out after the concert...She is such a warm person and so very friendly.....
If I can get the link to open I would like to read the article....

Thanks...

IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » October 8, 2004 8:07 am

I just heard it on the morning radio when I woke up....... Wow!!!! She is just a spectacular artist & person........ All prayers for Melissa........

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » October 8, 2004 10:07 am

phin power to Melissa

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » October 8, 2004 12:38 pm

Melissa rocks!

I wish her all the best in her recovery.

http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/artic ... 1000662659

The Lost Manatee · Post by **The Lost Manatee** » October 8, 2004 2:44 pm

My thoughts and prayers go out to her for a swift and full recovery.

sailingagain · Post by **sailingagain** » October 8, 2004 3:15 pm

Always sad for anyone. My thoughts and best wishes to her, as wellas her friends and family in these tough times.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » October 8, 2004 3:20 pm

Quick Melissa Etheridge story. I'm not really a fan and the only time I ever saw her was at the Concert For NYC that Paul McCartney organized after September 11. She came out on stage at the Garden, just her and her guitar. In the middle of the song her mic went dead. She just kept playing, the crowd picked up the tune and started singing until they brought out a new mic, then she just picked up where she left off like nothing happened. A real pro. Good thoughts headed her way.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » October 8, 2004 6:43 pm

PHIN POWER for Melissa and her wife and family.

Post by **SMLCHNG** » October 8, 2004 10:41 pm

I very much enjoy her music.

And it sounds like they caught it early. Good wishes for her recovery.

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » October 18, 2004 3:26 pm

From Billboard.com:
http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/artic ... 1000673603

Etheridge Recovering From Cancer Surgery

Singer/songwriter Melissa Etheridge is recovering from two surgeries to treat breast cancer. Doctors removed a tumor and a few of the artist's lymph nodes, only one of which had become infected. "I still have both of my breasts and whether I will keep them is a bridge I have to cross later," Etheridge writes on her official Web site. "What an unexpected journey this is."

Etheridge says she will soon begin chemotherapy treatment. "Who knows what that will bring," she writes. Plans are also moving forward on her pilot for ABC, in which she will star as a gay woman raising the daughter of a friend with her straight male roommate.

Etheridge added she will be writing new songs to appear on an upcoming Island greatest hits album. The artist was forced to cancel several tour dates in support of her latest release, "Lucky," to accommodate cancer treatment.

"I will be back and rockin' in just a few months," she concludes.

-- Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » October 18, 2004 5:45 pm

Jahfin wrote:Plans are also moving forward on her pilot for ABC, in which she will star as a gay woman raising the daughter of a friend with her straight male roommate.

ooooh.. that's never been done before

As a LONG time fan of hers. I wish her well. I hope her experience will get her back to her old style writing and not that junk she put out on her last album "Lucky".

IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » October 19, 2004 3:47 pm

What are some of your favorite Melissa cd's?????? I think "Yes I Am" is one of her best............ Hands down!!!!!

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » October 19, 2004 3:54 pm

I like the first two but kinda lost interest with the third album and most everything she's done since then. I saw her on the Brave and Crazy Tour back in the early 90s along with Del Amitri, she was in fine form then.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » October 19, 2004 4:44 pm

IsleReef wrote:What are some of your favorite Melissa cd's?????? I think "Yes I Am" is one of her best............ Hands down!!!!!

I like basically everything up until "Lucky". I have a lot of her obscure live stuff too. I really like her second album and probably like it best.

Oh and I have seen her 3 times.

Jahfin · Post by **Jahfin** » February 24, 2005 4:05 pm

http://tinylink.com/?OlZgyhELFa

Etheridge in the Clear

Back after battling breast cancer, Etheridge talks to Rolling Stone

In September, Melissa Etheridge discovered a four-centimeter lump in her breast. She was rushed into surgery and has endured an intense course of chemotherapy and ongoing radiation treatment. At the Grammys on February 13th, Etheridge brought down the house with a show-stopping rendition of Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart." Rolling Stone checked in with Etheridge three days later.

How's your health?

I was in bed for two months. But I'm in the clear now. I'm cancer-free.

Did you go into the Grammy performance wanting to make a statement, or were you just doing your thing?

I wanted to go in and do my thing. When I got nominated for "Breathe," I was like, "Oh, that's sweet." I didn't want to go to the Grammys, but they called and said, "Look, we're doing this tribute to Janis Joplin -- will you sing 'Piece of My Heart'?" It would have killed me if I lay in bed watching somebody else sing it. So I said yes.

Did you consider covering up?

I didn't feel like hiding my bald head. I go to radiation every day, and the nurses were like, "It would be such an inspiration." I'm a little overwhelmed by the reaction. I've gotten some great letters from cancer survivors and chemo patients.

You seemed totally confident.

I was having a blast. I've sung that song for twenty years. I hadn't been onstage in months -- I'd been in bed. So when I walked out and half the audience stood up, it was a real sweet audience hug.

What's next?

I'm going to write and record two or three songs for a greatest-hits package that will be out around October. I'm just going to take it easy.

AUSTIN SCAGGS

ejr · Post by **ejr** » February 24, 2005 4:10 pm

I saw her on the Grammys and also watched the interview on Dateline last Sunday. I also have a good friend currently undergoing chemo for breast cancer.

I thought Melissa Etheridge made an incredibly powerful statement in her Grammy appearance. The bald head was a shocking reminder of all she has been through, and her singing showed such strength and showed us that she still is Melissa! ANd could there have been a more perfect song for her to sing!

Kudos to her-she is showing all how to battle with courage and dignity and strength!

pbans · Post by **pbans** » February 24, 2005 4:25 pm

ejr wrote:I saw her on the Grammys and also watched the interview on Dateline last Sunday. I also have a good friend currently undergoing chemo for breast cancer.

I thought Melissa Etheridge made an incredibly powerful statement in her Grammy appearance. The bald head was a shocking reminder of all she has been through, and her singing showed such strength and showed us that she still is Melissa! ANd could there have been a more perfect song for her to sing!

Kudos to her-she is showing all how to battle with courage and dignity and strength!

I watched that Dateline, too....I thought she looked positively radiant. What a powerful voice....dignity, yeah....that's totally what she has!

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » February 24, 2005 4:49 pm

wow - i mean i always like her, but I have sooo much respect for her now. She's awesome!

East Texas Parrothead · February 24, 2005 6:51 pm

pbans wrote:
ejr wrote:I saw her on the Grammys and also watched the interview on Dateline last Sunday. I also have a good friend currently undergoing chemo for breast cancer.

I thought Melissa Etheridge made an incredibly powerful statement in her Grammy appearance. The bald head was a shocking reminder of all she has been through, and her singing showed such strength and showed us that she still is Melissa! ANd could there have been a more perfect song for her to sing!

Kudos to her-she is showing all how to battle with courage and dignity and strength!
I watched that Dateline, too....I thought she looked positively radiant. What a powerful voice....dignity, yeah....that's totally what she has!

The Dateline piece was awesome. Totally freaking awesome.