1 year ago
Tannishtha Chatterjee on Cancer Journey: 'One Day at a Time'
Tannishtha Chatterjee, an actress, is battling stage 4 cancer.
After chemotherapy, she shaved her head to avoid distress from hair loss.
She has both good and bad days during treatment, sometimes feeling discouraged but later feeling better.
She focuses on living each day fully and working on her film when she can.
Inspired by a past incident, she now lives life without fear, taking each day as it comes.
Tannishtha Chatterjee is fighting stage 4 cancer.
She shaved her head after her second chemo cycle.
She has good and bad days during chemotherapy.
During good days she works on film post-production.
She focuses on living each day to the fullest.
- Who
- Tannishtha Chatterjee, an actor and director
- What
- Shared her cancer journey and coping mechanisms in an interview.
- Where
- Not specified
- When
- Nine months prior she was diagnosed.
- Why
- To share her experience and approach to life.
Key facts
- Diagnosis
- Stage 4 oligo metastatic cancer
- Treatment
- Chemotherapy
- Hair Loss Response
- Shaved head after second chemo cycle
- Outlook
- 'One day at a time' approach
- Activities
- Working on film post-production
Quotes
Tannishtha Chatterjee
Actor-director
“So after a point of time, I started reading other stuff and I started working on my film's (Full Plate) post-production.”
NDTV
“Some of them said they had a very depressing experience when they saw hair falling out in their hands every morning.”
NDTV
