Kathy Bates is well-known throughout the United States. The Oscar-nominated horror picture Misery marked the debut of the actress, who is also noted for her performances in theater and film.

The celebrity’s personal medical history isn’t as flawless as it appears. She is most known for her roles in the NBC sitcom Harry’s Law and the ninth season of Two and a Half Men, for which she received two Primetime Emmys and two Golden Globe nominations.

Bates, on the other hand, realized she had ovarian cancer in 2003.

Her battle with the disease resulted in a hysterectomy (womb removal) and nine cycles of chemotherapy. Bates’ breast cancer returned two years after she was certified cancer-free.

After learning that both her mother and aunt had breast cancer, the actress underwent a double mastectomy.

“When the doctor told me I had a tumor in my left breast, I said, ‘Make it a double!’” I explained. Remove them both. “I wasn’t going to take any chances,” she revealed to Practical Pain Management in a previous interview.

“My family is rife with breast cancer.” It killed my aunt, mother, and niece.”

Despite testing negative for the BRCA breast cancer gene, the actress had hazardous surgery to reduce the likelihood of cancer recurrence. She handled her sickness so beautifully.

The American Horror Story star had cancer take her uterus and both breasts, but her problems were far from done because she also acquired lymphedema.

Lymphedema is a disorder characterized by swelling of the arm and hand produced by an abnormal accumulation of lymph fluid, a clear fluid that passes through the lymphatic system and aids in the body’s defense against illness and infection, according to SurvivorNet.

“Then I got lymphedema,” Bates explained in 2019 on The Kelly Clarkson Show.

“I’m not sure whether you’ve heard, but lymph nodes are removed to treat cancer.” Fluid often builds in the affected leg when your lymph system is impaired.”

Bates expressed her dissatisfaction with being diagnosed with lymphedema so soon after having breast surgery.

“As soon as I woke up, I noticed a strange sensation in my left arm, almost like a tingling,” she explained.

“I went insane. I dashed out of the examination room and out the front door. What exactly am I doing? As I hugged a pillow to my chest while still wearing my drains, I wondered. In the middle of July, I’m standing outside. It’s hot outside, I’m still recovering, and I don’t want to hurt anyone.

“I was enraged beyond words. I suppose it was the result of having battled cancer twice and knowing that the disease will always be with me.”

“I was angry and depressed.” “I assumed that my professional career had come to an end and that everything was done.”

To arrest the progression of lymphoedema, the National Health Service recommends starting therapy as soon as feasible.

It is estimated that more Americans are affected by this than by AIDS, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, and ALS combined.

When we complain to our doctors about our swollen legs due to being overweight, they don’t encourage us to “just go eat a salad,” she says, and no one seems to be aware of the situation.

This sickness not only worsens, but it also advances and cannot be healed. Because roughly 50,000 adults were born with congenital infections, you can be admitted to the hospital.

The National Health Service (NHS) continues to emphasize that the principal symptoms of lymphoedema are curable by limiting fluid accumulation.