Huge ‘ER’ Actress Reveals Horror Moment That Led to Cancer Diagnosis

Kingston – who is famous for her role as Dr. Elizabeth Corday in NBC’s medical hit ER as well as for a series of film roles – said in a new magazine interview: “I hadn’t realized that uterine cancer was a cancer that didn’t get a lot of airtime.

“I think this is probably because it’s generally a cancer. If you recognize something is wrong, your body can tell you. And if it’s caught early enough, it’s survivable.”

Kingston added, “Because I’m such a positive person, even though my body was trying to tell me something was very wrong, I didn’t read the signals. I thought all the things, like the bloating and weight gain, or injuries not healing properly, were due to my age.”

“I thought, ‘This is what it’s like to be in your 60s, and it’s just part of getting older,’” she noted.

Kingston continued, “It wasn’t until I was doing a play, and I started bleeding on stage, that I realized, ‘Oh, something’s going on.’ But even then I thought I might have a burst fibroid. I’ve never been down the road to cancer, so it was a shock.”

Former Come strictly dance contestant Kingston initially chose not to discuss the diagnosis publicly, explaining that she wanted to maintain privacy while continuing her work and television appearances.

She said: “I kept it quiet for a long time. I’m quite a private person and I thought, ‘Why should I talk about my cancer?’ and also up Strictly (come dance)I thought ‘I don’t want my journey to be about my illness’. I wanted it to be about moving forward and life-affirming.”

Kingston added: “But when I started getting responses from people, I realized that this is actually important. If anything, it’s important to encourage people that if their body is behaving in a slightly unusual way, don’t just write it off as old or suddenly become gluten intolerant.

“It could also be something else, and to get it checked out. So I now think it was a good thing that I opened up about it.”

Kingston also spoke about her views on aging after her nightmarish health problems.

“I never thought about my age,” she said. “I know I’m getting older, but I just try to live in the moment.”

Kingston added, “And I’ve never felt like I have to subscribe to the norms or rules that have been set about how to behave at a certain age.

“I’ve always been like that, even with the way I dress. I’ve never followed or adapted to the fashion of that particular year. I’ve always found my own style, which is an expression of me and who I am. In a way, I’ve also applied that to the way I live from day to day and to growing older.”