Crazy Sexy Cancer

Crazy Sexy Cancer is a documentary film created by actressphotographer Kris Carr. The film premiered on March 11, 2007, at the South by Southwest SXSW Film Festival, and had its US television premiere on August 29, 2007, on TLC. The film was edited by Pagan Harleman and Brian Fassett. The music was composed by Matthew Puckett.

Crazy Sexy Cancer is the personal video diary of Kris Carr, a young actress, photographer, and filmmaker. Carrs struggle with cancer begins after a visit to the doctor, following a particularly difficult yoga class. Initially thinking it was a yogarelated injury, Carr is devastated to learn she has a rare form of cancer, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma EHE. Despite its rarity, Carr is told that her tumors are not behaving aggressively, and so her doctor advises that she watch and wait for two months before having more tests to determine whether the tumors change, grow, or remain the same. Despite the grim prognosis, Carr refuses to accept her sickness as an end to her life, and sets out to explore alternative methods with which to fight her cancer. After her doctor recommends she start taking care of her body with diet and exercise, Carr is determined to take that crumb and turn it into a cake. Her first stop out of the doctors office is a shopping trip to the organic grocer Whole Foods. Her careful and precise monitoring of her food intake allows her a sense of control which she finds comforting.As Carr discovers at the beginning of the film, she has a rare form of cancer called epithelioid hemangioendothelioma EHE. In Kris Carrs case, she has tumors affecting the blood vessels in her liver and lungs. From the doctors explanation, her liver has so many tumors it looks like Swiss cheese. EHE is so rare, it is only diagnosed 200 to 300 times a year, or to about .1 percent of the population. Characteristics of the cancer include a tumor that rarely metastasizes and is very difficult to diagnose. As is the case with Kris Carr, it is most often an incidental finding in young asymptomatic women. ........

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