<p>The star of ‘Water’, ‘Kasoor’ and ‘Bollywood/Hollywood’ was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, in June and began chemotherapy in July this year.<br />Ray, an Indo-Canadian actress and a former fashion model, will be admitted to a Toronto hospital next week to start a procedure that involves releasing her own stem cells into her blood, collecting them and then freezing them.<br /><br />The 37-year-old said the procedure would take about two weeks and act as a “reboot” of sorts for her system, after which she will be on a waiting list for stem cell transplant. Ray jokes that the whole thing feels “very sci-fi” to her.<br /><br />The film star, born to a Polish mother and a Bengali father, spoke on Tuesday at an event for REEL Canada, a programme that brings Canadian movies to schools for free.<br />Ray’s film ‘Water’, directed by Deepa Mehta, was played for students at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School. It was also recently screened at a film festival in Buenos Aires and Ray made the trip to see it. <br /><br />She said she stayed there for 10 days and it was nice to “get a little bit of a break” from her treatment.<br /></p>
<p>The star of ‘Water’, ‘Kasoor’ and ‘Bollywood/Hollywood’ was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, in June and began chemotherapy in July this year.<br />Ray, an Indo-Canadian actress and a former fashion model, will be admitted to a Toronto hospital next week to start a procedure that involves releasing her own stem cells into her blood, collecting them and then freezing them.<br /><br />The 37-year-old said the procedure would take about two weeks and act as a “reboot” of sorts for her system, after which she will be on a waiting list for stem cell transplant. Ray jokes that the whole thing feels “very sci-fi” to her.<br /><br />The film star, born to a Polish mother and a Bengali father, spoke on Tuesday at an event for REEL Canada, a programme that brings Canadian movies to schools for free.<br />Ray’s film ‘Water’, directed by Deepa Mehta, was played for students at Marshall McLuhan Catholic Secondary School. It was also recently screened at a film festival in Buenos Aires and Ray made the trip to see it. <br /><br />She said she stayed there for 10 days and it was nice to “get a little bit of a break” from her treatment.<br /></p>
