In Sickness and in Health: Two Brides Say 'I Do'!
- English singer Sam Fox, 56, who rose to fame in the ’80s as “Samantha Fox,” is over the moon to be married to her love, Linda Olsen, also 56. The two brides just tied the knot in Sussex, England over the weekend and both chose their own variation of a white gown for the over-the-top affair.
- The ladies unfortunately had to postpone their wedding due to COVID, and just last week Sam announced that she had a throat cancer scare that would require surgery to remove a tumor from her vocal cords.
- Adamant on not having to postpone their nuptials once again, Sam told concerned fans that she would be “fine,” and said she would take care of her health “very soon” after the wedding.
- It’s important to be aware that the highly common sexually transmitted virus HPV, human papillomavirus, is a known cause of throat cancer. Go get checked if you experience symptoms such as a cough that won’t go away, or difficulty swallowing.
Unfortunately, the ladies initially had to postpone their wedding due to COVID, and just last week Sam announced that she had a throat cancer scare that would require surgery to remove a tumor from her vocal cords. Adamant on not having to postpone their nuptials once again, Sam told concerned fans that she would be “fine,” and said she would take care of her health “very soon” after the wedding.
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For her extra special day, Sam chose a dress that featured a sexy, bedazzled bustier-style top, while Linda went more traditional white in her floor-length, V-neck lace gown complete with a long, white veil.
Sam arrived to the ceremony is a white taxi with “Sam and Linda are getting married, 18th June 2022.”
The newlyweds looked overjoyed while cutting into their three-tier pink cake, which featured a “Mrs. & Mrs. Olsen Fox” sign at the top of the floral cake decor. Celebrity florist Warren Bushaway from London Event florist helped them with their beautiful flowers.
Sam and Linda, who is Norwegian, enlisted the Norwegian pop duo Bobbysocks to perform at the reception.
Not only is Sam beaming from a perfectly-executed dream wedding day with friends and family, the hit artist is also getting back into the swing of things musically.
Appropriately, the unstoppable Mrs. Fox just debuted a new single last week with Dana International called “This Is Your Life,” aimed to gay couples and anyone who chooses to live the way the want without letting anyone else’s beliefs get in their way.
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Sam’s love life and career are on track, now she just needs to take care of her health and hopefully will continue to have a lot to celebrate!
HPV and Throat Cancer
Though we don't know how much of a scare Fox is currently facingnor do her doctors from what it sounds like until she gets the lump removedit's important to learn about HPV's involvement with causing throat cancer and other head and neck cancers, along with cervical and anal cancer.
HPV, or human papillomavirus, is a highly common sexually transmitted virus that affects both men and women.
"The vast majority of humans in the U.S., both men and women, will eventually get infected with human papillomavirus," says Dr. Allen Ho, a head and neck surgeon at Cedars-Sinai. "The important thing to know about HPV is that there are many different strains, and only a couple of them tend to be more cancer-inducing. Probably less than 1% of the population who get infected happen to have the cancer-causing virus that somehow their immune system fails to clear, and over 15 to 20 years [it] develops from a viral infection into a tumor, and a cancer.
HPV and Cancer Risk The Basics
The HPV vaccine, which was recently approved in the U.S. for people up to age 45, though it's recommended that children get it before they become sexually active, can prevent a lot of these cancers.
Gardasil 9 protects against nine strains of HPV including the strains most likely to cause cancer and genital warts. But it can't provide protection if a person has already been exposed to HPV. That's why doctors recommend it for children as young as 9.
'People Need to Know That HPV Can Cause These Cancers'
Unfortunately, there wasn't any knowledge about the connection with HPV and cancer until recent years, so later generations were unable to protect themselves with a vaccine. HPV was discovered and identified in the early '80s, and the first HPV vaccine wasn't available until 2016.
We wish Sam and Linda well as they enjoy life as newlyweds and hopefully all is A-OK come surgery time. Quite often, most lumps are benign, or non-cancerous, and we surely hope that is the case here!
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