Sonali Bendre Shares A Powerful Post On Battling Cancer, Says I've Allowed Myself To Feel Pain

Actress Sonali Bendre has been diagnosed with a "high-grade cancer" and she is undergoing treatment in New York at the moment. However, the way she is dealing with it is commendable. Keeping her fans posted, Sonali has been uploading pictures of her journey during this time and it's phenomenal.

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The actress took to Instagram to share the news about her health. She reveals how it's a minute by minute battle with herself. Sonali looks beautiful looking at herself in the mirror while applying kohl in her latest picture.

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¡°I knew that if I allowed fear to overtake me, my journey was doomed. Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves, and so I chose to tell myself a different story from the one women are told. I decided I was safe. I was strong. I was brave. Nothing could vanquish me.¡± ¨C Cheryl Strayed, Wild. Over the past couple of months, I have had good days and bad ones. There have been days when I¡¯ve been so exhausted and in so much pain that even lifting a finger hurt. I feel like sometimes it¡¯s a cycle¡­ one that starts off with physical pain and leads to mental and emotional pain. The bad days have been many¡­ Post chemo, post-surgery and the like¡­ where even just laughing hurts. Sometimes it felt like it took everything I¡¯ve had to push past it¡­ a minute to minute battle with myself. I got through it knowing that even though I was fighting a long drawn out, draining battle¡­ it was one that was worth the fight. It¡¯s important to remember that we¡¯re allowed to have those bad days. Forcing yourself to be happy and cheerful all the time serves no purpose. Who are we being fake and putting on an act for? I allowed myself to cry, to feel the pain, to indulge in self-pity¡­ for a short while. Only you know what you¡¯re going through and it is fine to accept it. Emotions aren¡¯t wrong. Feeling negative emotions isn¡¯t wrong. But after a point, identify it, recognize it and refuse to let it control your life. It takes an immense amount of self-care to get out of that zone. Sleep always helps, or having my favourite smoothie after chemo, or just talking to my son. For now, as my treatment continues¡­ my visual focus remains to just get better and get back home. It¡¯s yet another test¡­ Student all my life¡­ Learning all my life¡­ #OneDayAtATime

A post shared by Sonali Bendre (@iamsonalibendre) on Oct 8, 2018 at 11:19pm PDT

In a long post, Sonali said, "Over the past couple of months, I have had good days and bad ones. There have been days when I¡¯ve been so exhausted and in so much pain that even lifting a finger hurt. I feel like sometimes it¡¯s a cycle¡­ one that starts off with physical pain and leads to mental and emotional pain. The bad days have been many¡­ Post chemo, post-surgery and the like¡­ where even just laughing hurts."

On the work front, she might have stepped down as the judge from India's best drameebaaz, but did not forget to wish them luck.

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#IndiasBestDramebaaz Season 3 premieres tonight and @vivekoberoi, @omungkumar and I have had the best time! Can't wait for you all to watch the super talented kids tonight at 9 pm on @zeetv!

A post shared by Sonali Bendre (@iamsonalibendre) on Jun 30, 2018 at 3:42am PDT

Sonali is married to producer Goldie Behl. They have one son Ranveer.