Anastacia thought she had a mind tumour when she began the menopause.

The 55-year-old pop singer started experiencing worrying signs like mind fog and thought she was simply drained however then recognized herself with a tumour earlier than discovering out that it was all brought on by her hormones.

Talking on the ‘White Wine Query Time’, she informed Kate Thornton: “I didn’t know my exhaustion; I didn’t know my mind fog. I didn’t know all of the issues – I simply thought I used to be drained.

“I used to be diagnosing myself however had no thought any of this was hormone associated. I assume I used to be ready for that ball to drop. My ball was, I believed I had a mind tumour and life was going horrible, and I used to be actually, actually scared.

“After I obtained all of those different issues checked out, this man in Switzerland was like, ‘I believe you’re going by means of some hormone stuff.’

“I informed him, ‘It doesn’t really feel something like that, I’ve scorching flashes and I’m okay with that.’

“In my head, I had no thought the issues I used to be going by means of have been truly within the record (of menopause signs) as a result of it’s an extended record.”

In the meantime, the ‘I am Outta Love’ hitmaker battled breast most cancers within the early 2000s however then underwent a double mastectomy after being recognized with the illness once more a decade later and insisted that she felt “empowered” in her determination as a result of she now is aware of that she’s going to by no means must undergo it once more.

She stated: “I had…my most cancers by no means obtained to my lymph nodes, so it by no means obtained inside my physique, it stayed localised. I by no means needed to take the meds as a result of I used to be too younger for the primary most cancers. For the second most cancers, my detection was additionally sooner than my DCIS that they have been capable of know that it was cancerous however needed to take it out and lumpectomy it.

“After which they needed to present me chemo, however I did not desire a third time to take me out. I might had 10 years of getting my very own breasts, thanks very a lot for that however bilaterally they discovered that it was within the different breast, and I stated they might take them.

“Proper now, I do know I am gonna reside and know that I did not die from breast most cancers. I am actually grateful for the medical doctors and the scans each six months however I did not wanna undergo them anymore. I could make that call and I do know it is a onerous one to make for a girl, however I additionally felt far more empowered in making that call within the time that I used to be wholesome and simply needed to do the surgical procedures. They weren’t simple and the transition and the shortage of feminine you are feeling, all of that was an ebb and movement. However to know that most cancers is rarely going to be talked about in terms of breast most cancers…it is gone, and I beloved that half. That was gone, the scars have been there however I did not care.”