'DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES' STAR FIGHTS LUNG CANCER, RAISES AWARENESS

Kathryn Joosten is really ticked off.
In fact, she’s so angry at the moment it’s tough to tell Cold Case box set Joosten apart from her alter ego Karen McClusky, the nosey neighbor on "Desperate Housewives seasons 1-5 dvd " who never shies away from a verbal sparring with the other ladies of Wisteria Lane.
What’s got the 69-year-old Emmy Criminal Minds 1-4 dvd box setAward-winning actress so fired up? Lung cancer.
Joosten was recently diagnosed with the disease for the second time in eight years.
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“It really is today, what AIDS was back in the 80s, Scrubs dvd box set” she said during an interview with FoxNews.com. “It’s your fault you got sick. It's, ‘Oh you smoked for 40 years? You did it to yourself. You deserve it.’ Well, House dvd box setnobody deserves to get lung cancer.”
In spite of her current agitated state, no one would accuse Joosten of being bitter. True Blood seasons 1-2 dvd Throughout her interview, her disposition shifts between anger, passion and a sweetness that "old Mrs. McClusky" would never allow her DH neighbors to catch a glimpse of for fear she might be viewed Entourage seasons 1-6 dvd as weak.
Eight years ago, during her first battle with lung cancer, Grey’s anatomy dvd box setJoosten had the upper lobe on her right lung, as well as several ribs removed.