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16-10-2005, 11:40
http://images.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/library/160x120_kylieminogue01.jpgKylie Minogue has been left weak and emotionally drained as she battles breast cancer, her family has explained.
However, the Australian singer is trying hard to remain in good spirits and is still hoping that she will be able to have children in the future.
"It was been very tough for her, very draining," her great uncle Dennis Riddiford told the Sunday Mirror. "She has found the treatment very hard. And she has found it difficult coming to terms with the fact she has lost her hair. But she is a strong girl and she has made a joke out of it and is treating it as an opportunity to have a different hairstyle.
"The chemotherapy seems to be working - she is halfway through her treatment and has a couple of months left. But still it won't be over - you never ever know when or if it might come back.
"Obviously, it's a worry she might not make it. She is such a tiny little thing - she has been struggling to cope with the treatment. It has been wearing her out. I know it has made her very weak. She is battling as hard as she can. She has a strong spirit - but she is very small and at this moment so vulnerable."
Kylie's second cousin Elizabeth Herbert added, "Her illness has made her re-prioritise her life. If she gets through this she would love nothing more than to start a family. She will make a wonderful mum - she has such a great attitude and has excelled in everything she has done so I am sure she would in that."
However, the Australian singer is trying hard to remain in good spirits and is still hoping that she will be able to have children in the future.
"It was been very tough for her, very draining," her great uncle Dennis Riddiford told the Sunday Mirror. "She has found the treatment very hard. And she has found it difficult coming to terms with the fact she has lost her hair. But she is a strong girl and she has made a joke out of it and is treating it as an opportunity to have a different hairstyle.
"The chemotherapy seems to be working - she is halfway through her treatment and has a couple of months left. But still it won't be over - you never ever know when or if it might come back.
"Obviously, it's a worry she might not make it. She is such a tiny little thing - she has been struggling to cope with the treatment. It has been wearing her out. I know it has made her very weak. She is battling as hard as she can. She has a strong spirit - but she is very small and at this moment so vulnerable."
Kylie's second cousin Elizabeth Herbert added, "Her illness has made her re-prioritise her life. If she gets through this she would love nothing more than to start a family. She will make a wonderful mum - she has such a great attitude and has excelled in everything she has done so I am sure she would in that."