Cult Jam’s Lisa Lisa and Lisa Velez reveal she hid that she had breast cancer at age 21

While Lisa Velez rose to fame within the Nineteen Eighties with hits like “Can You Feel the Beat” and “I Wonder If I Take You Home” because the frontwoman of Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam, she was secretly battling breast cancer.

During a recent appearance on “Tamron room” on the show, a 21-year-old breast cancer survivor told how she hid chemotherapy while on tour.

“It was hard to talk about it at the time,” the 57-year-old explained to Hall. “It was difficult because there was no one to talk to about it.”

Velez said that while on tour she would should hide healing kits and their effects on the body under her clothes.

She added: “Guys asked me, ‘Are you gaining weight? You’re pregnant?’ I believed, “No, I’m going through chemotherapy.” Nobody knew. I actually had to cover it; My mom didn’t even know.”

Velez recalled discovering bruises on her breasts sooner or later while on tour, prompting her to go to the doctor.

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“So during a break in the nine-month tour, I went for tests and my oncologist said, ‘You have ductal carcinoma,’” she said.

According to Johns HopkinsDuctal carcinoma in situ is a type of cancer that develops within the milk ducts. Behind American Cancer Societythis type affects every fifth woman diagnosed with breast cancer. Overall, next to skin cancer, breast cancer is probably the most common type of cancer amongst women within the United States. The American Cancer Society also reports thatEach 12 months within the United States, roughly one in eight women is diagnosed with breast cancer.

While talking to New York Post Office Recently, Velez said that after having the tumors removed, she underwent reconstructive surgery followed by 16 weeks of chemotherapy. She said that during this time she was always sick and losing her hair, although night after night she got up on stage and performed.

“It was really, really hard,” she told Hall. “I didn’t know what to do or who to talk over with. My doctor said, “You shouldn’t be on the road,” and I said, “I have to work because I have bills to pay.”