After a devastating diagnosis and when facing a grim prognosis, it’s important to keep one’s spirits up. Although we may not ultimately overcome the long medical odds put before us, we still might. As any gambler will tell you, even the longest odds will sometimes pay off!

Celebrities seem to have it all: money, fame and beauty. But, at the end of the day, they’re just like the rest of us in that they’re not immune to illness.