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Actress Farrah Fawcett - Source: Reuters -
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Actress Farrah Fawcett, who has battled cancer for nearly three
years, is expected to return home this week after recovering in a
Los Angeles hospital from a procedure in Germany, her doctor
said.
"She remains in good spirits with her usual sense of humour," said
Dr Lawrence Piro.
"If everything goes as we hope, we plan to discharge her later
in the week."
Piro said Fawcett had been in great shape her whole life and showed
an incredible resolve and incredible resilience.
Fawcett, 62, was diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006.
She declared herself free of cancer four months later but the
disease returned in 2007.
She has made several trips to Germany for treatment and returned to
there a week ago for a minor procedure that caused a small amount
of bleeding in one of the muscles of her abdomen, Piro said.
Fawcett is recovering at a Los Angeles hospital, after being
admitted late last week.
Some media reports said the actress was unconscious but her
representative, Craig Nevius, said they were not accurate.
"She's not on death's door," said Nevius.
One report said Fawcett's cancer had spread to her liver but that
could not be immediately confirmed. Piro declined to comment on
that report.
Before this most recent trip, Fawcett had documented her medical
trips to Germany and shared the footage with entertainment
television shows.
Fawcett, a native of Texas, gained fame as a pinup model with a
sexy swimsuit poster in the 1970s and was cast in the TV show
Charlie's Angels in 1976 by the late producer Aaron Spelling.
She played Jill Munroe, a tanned and glamorous undercover
detective with tousled blond hair.
She quit after the show's first season but the role made Fawcett a
huge Hollywood star.
She later went on to earn Emmy nominations for her performance as a
domestic violence survivor in 1984's The Burning Bed and for parts
in 1989's Small Sacrifices and 2001 drama The Guardian.
