Country Singer Ashley Monroe Diagnosed With Rare Cancer, ‘Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia’
Country music star Ashley Monroe, a member of the Pistol Annies, shared on social media that she is beginning chemotherapy treatment this week after she was diagnosed with a rare cancer, Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia. She said she was diagnosed after she found out she was anemic during routine blood work this year. Monroe said the disease causes her “to be pretty severely anemic, and I feel it.” Monroe said her diagnosis is “an illness that is VERY live with-able.” She looked to get treated at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the post said she begins chemotherapy on Wednesday. “I’m tha...