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Ozzy Osbourne terrified by wife Sharon's cancer diagnosis
Rock legend Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne spoke about his wife Sharon's colon cancer diagnosis during a recent interview with Hello! magazine, in which he is quoted as saying, "When I found out it was like someone had got a slab of concrete and hit me with a big dose of reality. I thought cancer plus patient equals death. The thought of losing her was more than I could bear." In 2002, the entire Osbourne family appeared in a MTV reality show The Osbournes. During the taping, Sharon was diagnosed with colon cancer. Rather than cancel the show, she agreed to share the experience of chemotherapy and cancer survivorship with the viewers to help raise awareness for cancer. Osbourne said that while he is always happy for the professional success his wife enjoys with such shows as the U.K. talent show X Factor and The Sharon Osbourne Show, he misses the time away from her. Ozzy has designed a limited-edition signature series t-shirt for the Hard Rock Cafe, with profits from the sale of the t-shirts to benefit the ...
Ozzy's son Jack Osbourne blames father and cancer for drug problems
Jack Osbourne, son of rock legend Ozzy and colon cancer survivor Sharon Osbourne, recently stated that he blames his alcohol and drug addiction on his father. During his mother Sharon's diagnosis and treatment for colon cancer, the young Jack used alcohol and the powerfully addictive prescription painkiller OxyContin as a way to cope. Jack is quoted as saying, "My problems peaked when mom was sick and dad was dealing with his problems the same way as I was, by drinking, so I had no one to turn to. I was just hanging out with my crowd drinking and doing drugs." Jack ended up in an addiction rehab clinic to get clean and sober. This is no way excuses the badly-decided choices that Jack made when he turned to alcohol and drugs as a way to cope with his feelings, but there is a sharp focus and more than a bit of snarkiness to the news reports concerning Jack's blaming comment that misses a great opportunity in regard to discussing the impact a parent's cancer diagnosis has on children. As the American Cancer ...
Sharon Osborne: help for colon cancer sufferers
Sharon Osborne, accomplished businesswoman in music and television, entertainment personality, wife of Black
Sabbath's Ozzy Osborne, and mother to Aimee, Kelly and Jack, is a colon cancer survivor. In 2002, she was diagnosed
with colon cancer. She faced grueling chemotherapy treatments for colon cancer and the issues of being a cancer
survivor, in front of a camera, during the filming of "The Osbornes." As a colon cancer survivor,
she started The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedar's Sinai to
raise awareness about colon cancer, and to provide support and resources for colon cancer sufferers and their families.
"When I successfully overcame colon cancer in 2003 I personally wanted to raise awareness of this
horrific disease and established the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars Sinai. My charity offers, among
other things, colonoscopies and screenings to people without medical insurance, as well as those with minimal coverage,
transportation to chemotherapy for patients ...
Father's Day: MLB Home Run Challenge prostate cancer
This Father's Day, as part of Major League Baseball's Prostate Cancer Foundation's Home Run Challenge, the seventh-inning stretch will be moved to the sixth inning to symbolize that one out of six men in the country will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. In addition, players, managers, coaches, trainers, umpires and groundskeepers will raise awareness and show support by wearing blue wristbands, blue ribbon uniform decals, blue eye glare and temporary blue ribbon tattoos. "People are starting to age. We're just trying to make sure that people are aware of how important it is to get the message out and have guys talk about it, because as men, sometimes we're reluctant to talk about health issues," states Home Run Challenge spokesperson Ozzie Smith. "Being part of the baby boomers, this falls right into our lap. It's important to at least make an effort to make people more aware of how important it is to get checked. When we talk to them when they're 40 to 45, by the time they get to 50, they'll be ready to ...
