In October 2020, Ananda announced to fans that she'd been privately battling stage 3 breast cancer for two years.

She also admitted that she'd avoided getting regular mammograms due to her fear of radiation exposure.

Two years later, Ananda confirmed that her cancer had advanced to stage IV after deciding not to undergo a double mastectomy when she was first diagnosed.

She told CNN in October 2024 that she had originally planned to 'keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way.'

But when her tumor eventually metastasized, Ananda realized that she probably 'should have' gone through with the life-saving surgery.

'My plan at first was to get out excessive toxins in my body. I felt like my body is intelligent, I know that to be true. Our bodies are brilliantly made,' Lewis explained to CNN's Stephanie Elam.

'I decided to keep my tumor and try to work it out of my body a different way,' she continued, before adding: 'Looking back on that, I go, "You know what? Maybe I should have."'

Instead, Lewis pursued homeopathic remedies as well as medication and radiation, and although her situation improved for a while, she discovered last year that her cancer had spread.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5736364&forum_id=2)#49006665)

*watches at 2025 puts a bullet into the head of our childhood*

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