Hina Khan has recently disclosed that she has received a stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis. She posted a video on Instagram on Monday, documenting her hospital visit for her first chemotherapy session immediately after attending an award show.
The video commences with Hina posing for photographers on the red carpet and being presented with an award at the function. It then shows her entering the hospital for her chemotherapy session.
"All glam is gone and I'm ready for my first chemo in the hospital. Let's get better," Hina said in the video.
Alongside the post, she wrote, "This award night, I knew about my cancer diagnosis, but I made a conscious choice to normalise it - not just for myself, but for all of us. This was the day that changed everything, it marked the beginning of one of the most challenging phases of my life."
Hina Khan added, "So Let's do some affirmations. We become what we believe in, and I have decided to take this challenge as an opportunity to reinvent myself. I have decided to keep the spirit of positivity as the first tool in my toolkit. I choose to Normalise this experience for me and have consciously decided to manifest the desired outcome. For me ..my work commitments matter. For me my motivation, passion and art matter. I refuse to bow down. This award that I received right before my first chemo was not my motivation alone, in fact, I attended this event to reassure myself that I am living up to the benchmark, I have set up for myself. Mind over matter."
"I attended the event and went straight up to the hospital for my first chemo. I humbly urge everyone out there too to first Normalise the challenges of your lives then set goals for yourself and try to live up to them all along the way. No matter how hard. Never back down. Never give up," she concluded.