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Comedian Judith Lucy says she injured her head after cancer diagnosis
Australian comedian Judith Lucy says she hit her head on a small table nine days after learning she had breast cancer.
The 58-year-old said she had mixed alcohol with sleeping pills while coping with the diagnosis, leaving her with a cut temple and bruised eye.
Lucy said the cancer was found through routine breast screening and was small and non-aggressive.
She first expected to have a lumpectomy, but further checks found more cancer.
She is preparing for a double mastectomy and has decided against breast reconstruction for now.
Lucy has urged women to keep up with mammograms, saying her cancer could not be felt and would not have been found without screening.
She has shared parts of her cancer experience publicly, and her surgery is the next step described in her treatment.
Comedian Judith Lucy said she injured her head nine days after learning she had breast cancer.
She said she hit her head on a small table after combining sleeping pills and alcohol.
The injury left her with a cut temple and a bruised eye.
Lucy said her cancer was detected through a mammogram and that she plans to have a double mastectomy.
She has urged women to keep up with mammograms.
- Who
- Judith Lucy, a 58-year-old Australian comedian.
- What
- She said she injured her head after combining sleeping pills and alcohol, nine days after her cancer diagnosis.
- When
- Nine days after her diagnosis, which she announced on October 6.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- Lucy said she was coping with the emotional impact of her cancer diagnosis.
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Lucy publicly revealed that she had breast cancer.
Lucy said she hit her head on a small table after combining sleeping pills and alcohol.
Lucy spoke to Mamamia's No Filter podcast about her diagnosis and treatment.
- Age
- 58
- Diagnosis
- Breast cancer
- Diagnosis announcement
- October 6
- Injury
- Cut temple and bruised eye
- Planned treatment
- Double mastectomy
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What people are saying
Obviously the takeaway is don’t combine wine and pills…when you have cancer.
It looks a little like my doctor said, ‘You have cancer’, and then I decided to punch myself in the face. Not an unreasonable response but it’s actually the result of combining booze and sleeping pills and then doing the tango with a small table.
You cannot feel my cancer.