Kathy Bates Embraces Life’S Challenges Wholeheartedly

AUGUST 2017 The Hidden Ingredient That Slashes Fat Page 8 Exclusive KATHY 7 Surprising Things That Hurt BATES Your Hearing THE SECRETS TO Page 18 HER HEALTH & HAPPINESS >hint hint< 4 Steps to Lovely Lips Page 16 How Salt Wrecks Your Waistline Page 2 Embrace Supersize Your Stamina in 3 Moves Change Page 7 Spry Interview Welcome, Change FROM CANCER TO CAREER TWISTS AND TURNS, ACTRESS KATHY BATES EMBRACES LIFE’S CHALLENGES WHOLEHEARTEDLY. By Nicole Pajer athy Bates knows how to roll with I’ve recently decided to “go fl at.” the punches. In the last 14 years, she I read that more and more women K has beat both ovarian cancer and are doing that, and fi nally I came to breast cancer. And, after a long and lauded the conclusion, “I don’t have breasts career in fi lm, the 69-year-old actress has anymore, why do I have to pretend like shifted her focus to TV, starring in four I do?” I have prosthetics and I can put seasons of FX’s American Horror Story and them on for a character, but in my own playing actress Joan Blondell life I wear Spanx in FX’s Feud. Next, she’ll star as tanks under my shirts Ruth, the owner of a California and I feel much more cannabis dispensary, in Netfl ix’s comfortable with that comedy Disjointed, out Aug. 25. than having to strap on An ongoing challenge for a bra with these fake Bates is lymphedema, a blockage boobs in them. That has Bates as Joan Blondell in the lymphatic system often and Catherine Zeta-Jones given me a lot of freedom triggered by removing lymph as Olivia de Havilland on and confi dence and I just nodes during breast cancer FX’s Feud feel better. surgery. The chronic condition causes TV has rejuvenated my career. I’ve excessive swelling in the arms and legs and gotten to really push my envelope. a ects 10 million Americans, “yet nobody Oftentimes, I’m cast as the sort of dumpy really knows what it is,” says Bates. She’s dishrag mother or best friend part, so to now a spokesperson for the Lymphatic be able to play someone like [the twisted Education & Research Network (LE&RN). New Orleans socialite in American Spry Living caught up with Bates to talk Horror Story] Madame Delphine about lymphedema, her newfound niche LaLaurie, it’s a panoply of opportunities in TV and ditching the prosthetics after a for an actor. And now I’m getting to do a double mastectomy. sitcom with Disjointed. People will see a Cancer and its aftermath changed side of me they haven’t seen before. my outlook in a profound way. I’ve My two Yorkies are at the very become less of a hermit and I travel center of my well-being and more. I really enjoy every moment of my happiness. My favorite part of every day life now. It’s not that every moment is is when I get to come home and cuddle terrifi c—we all go through tough times— with them. Their philosophy is: it’s always but I try to be more present and grateful a good time to take a nap. Wise creatures. for the good times that I have. I recently bought an electric guitar. I realized that I had to get back I used to play guitar years ago. It brought in shape. I started walking more. me a lot of pleasure when I was a teenager I’ve lost around 55 pounds. Just being growing up and was having tough times. physically free of that extra weight has Visit Parade.com/Bates to fi nd out what’s Now that I’m navigating the waters of still on the Oscar winner’s bucket list. been liberating and has helped keep the being older and going through some tough [lymphedema] swelling down. I avoid salt times adjusting to that, I decided I’d like and alcohol, too, because of lymphedema. to get back to what gave me joy. • 10 VISIT SPRY LIVING ONLINE AT PARADE.COM AUGUST 2017.

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