Back in March, Valerie Harper was given three months to live by doctors. She said her goodbyes to fans and to her family and tried to cram as many projects into those three months as she could. Almost six months later, Valerie is not only alive, but doctors have told her that her cancer is in remission and are astounded she's alive. In a new interview that airs next month, Valerie says that she is not cured, and might not be around to see her interview aired, but that she thinks that with it in remission she has a good chance to see a lot of things that doctors didn't think she ever would.
Basically with her treatments, Valerie has bought time, but doctors don;t know how much time. Once her cancer figures out a way to beat her drugs, then doctors will have to find a new way to treat her. For now, Valerie is hoping she can make it through one more Christmas.
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