Country music star Ashley Monroe revealed she has been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in an Instagram post Tuesday. Monroe, a member of the Pistol Annies, was diagnosed with Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia when she went to the doctor for routine lab work.The disease is a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, according to cancer.org.
The doctor originally thought Monroe was anemic. "A few months ago my dr. was doing some routine lab work and found that I was anemic," Monroe captioned her post. "I was like, FINE, I’ll just double up on cheeseburger patties , take some extra vitamins and call it a day." "Well my red blood count just kept falling, and they found out my iron /b12/ folic acid numbers were actually fine.
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