Selena Gomez hid one of the biggest secrets related to her health and life for 3 years. Despite having a successful career both as an actress and a singer, it turned out that Selena Gomez was not that lucky after all.

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Selena Gomez’s life was turned upside down when she got to know that she had Lupus –an autoimmune disease under which one’s immune system start attacking their own organs and tissues. As the disease is incurable, she opted for chemotherapy to control the symptoms of Lupus.

As a result Gomez started living two lives –one of a Lupus patient, and other of a celebrity living a life of denial and refusing to accept her condition. She kept her mental condition a secret for 3 years, and in the meanwhile, she never quit her career for rest and treatment whatsoever.

She was unable to ignore the symptoms for long however, and they started showing up even more, and the situation took the form of depression for Selena. She suffered from anxiety and panic attacks due to Lupus.

It was only after she was told by doctors that she needed an emergency transplant that she took a break from her career and started paying attention on her mental health. It was a shock for her because on this transplant depended her survival.

It was all depression and devastation until she broke the news to her best friend Francia. Francia then, opposing her mother’s advice, got tested as a donor and decided to be her best friend’s savior. Francia even prepared her will before the surgery in case of any tragic mishappening. Despite all her doubts, she was successful in restoring Selena’s faith in life.

The surgery was not an easy one for Selena as halfway through, something went wrong and one of her arteries was broke. She then underwent another surgery to build a new one with the vein of her leg. Post-surgery, she had a hard time recovering.

After the recovery, she received the Billboard “woman of the year” award and thanked her best friend in her thank you speech, calling her an ultimate gift.

Now Selena Gomez has learnt to accept her disease from which she still suffers. Her outlook towards her condition however, has changed drastically. She now uses her celebrity status to spread awareness about mental health and Lupus on various platforms.