"It actually drives me. It was one of those things where, even when I first got sick, I told them to turn the cameras on,” Cannon told HuffPost Live. “I created the NCredible Health Hustle and I wanted to document this process because I wanted to inspire others that may be dealing with this condition or a similar condition. To say, you don't have to let it stop you."
Thank you, Nick, for your brave attitude. It’s helped many to understand that they are not alone in this struggle.
2. Toni Braxton
Toni Braxton won our hearts with songs like “You’re Makin’ Me High” and “Un-Break My Heart.” However, our own hearts later broke when she collapsed during a live performance in 2008.
Though doctors first thought she had had a heart attack, tests soon revealed a different diagnosis. Braxton had lupus.
“Twenty-three percent of my microvalves and the small blood vessels in my heart were receiving no oxygen,” Braxton told Health Monitor. “The blood work was undeniable…It showed I have lupus.”
In a relatively recent interview with the HuffPost Live, Braxton opened up about her struggle with the disease.
"Some days I can't balance it all. I just have to lay in bed," she told HuffPost Live. "Pretty much when you have lupus you feel like you have the flu every day. But some days you get through it. But for me, if I'm not feeling well, I tend to tell my kids, 'Oh mommy's just going to relax in bed today.’ I kind of take it easy."