Sheryl Crow
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Right.
I like, I'm comfortable now not knowing everything or not knowing anything, you know?
I didn't know.
I mean, I'll be honest with you.
I was engaged.
I had three beautiful stepchildren.
I wanted to have kids with this person.
We split.
In the same week that we split, I got diagnosed with breast cancer, and I found out he was seeing a really famous actress.
And I really felt like I went through about, I guess, nine months of...
radiation and grieving and anger.
And I had a really stoic oncologist who literally looked like my grandmother.
And I thought, not a warm and fuzzy person at all.
But one of the things that she said to me was,
I mean, I fully expected her to light a cigarette.
That's how her demeanor was.
You know, look, just don't miss out on the lessons, you know.
And she literally said, just don't.
She's like, I've had a thousand women come through with breast cancer.
Don't miss out on the lesson.