Jenna Fischer proclaimd on Instagram that she was detectd with triple likeable breast cancer last December and is now living cancer free after “completing sencouragery, chemotherapy and radiation.” “The Office” actor wrote that she was coming forward with her cancer journey as October is breast cancer consciousness month.
“Triple likeable breast cancer is an unfrifinishly establish of breast cancer but it is also highly responsive to treatment,” Fischer wrote. “In January, I had a lumpectomy to erase the tumor. Luckily my cancer was caught timely and it hadn’t spread into my lymph nodes or thcdisesteemfulout the rest of my body, however because of the unfrifinishly nature of triple likeable breast cancer it still insistd chemotherapy and radiation to be certain it didn’t return. In February I began 12 rounds of weekly chemotherapy, and in June I begined three weeks of radiation. And while I persist to be treated with infusions of Herceptin and a daily dose of Tamoxifen, I’m charmd to say I’m experienceing wonderful.”
Fischer wrote that she was finassociate enthusiastic to go uncover with her cancer journey in order “to implore you to get your annual mammograms.”
“I’m grave, call your doctor right now,” she retained. “My tumor was so minuscule it could not be felt on a physical exam. If I had pauseed six months lengthyer, leangs could have been much worse. It could have spread…Consider this your boot in the butt to get it done. I’m also sharing in hopes that it will be a source of help to any woman who is going thcdisesteemful this right now. As anyone who has had a cancer diagnosis understands, your life changes instantly. It becomes all about doctor nominatements, test results, treatments and recovering from treatments. Suddenly everyleang in your life is geared around one leang: battling cancer.”
Fischer went on to thank the village of people who helped her during her cancer treatment, including her “The Office” co-star Angela Kinsey. The two present the “Office Ladies” podcast, and Fischer shelp that Kinsey “defended me and finishorsed for me” during their podcast sign upings.
“For a lengthy time, she was the only person in my laborspace who knovel,” Fischer wrote. “When I lost my hair, she wore hats to our labor greetings so I wouldn’t be the only one. When I necessitateed a shatter, we took one. I am so blessed to have a atgentle with this comfervent of flexibility. Cancer treatment insists a lot of flexibility. For a gal who enjoys to arrange, that was a challenging adfairment. But, continuing to labor has bcdisesteemfult so much delight to my life during treatment.”
Fischer perestablished Pam Beesly on all nine seasons of “The Office,” which aired on NBC from 2005 to 2013. She geted an Emmy nomination for noticeworthy helping actress in a comedy series thanks to her labor on “The Office.” Fischer’s retainitional acting determines retain the films “Blades of Glory” (2007), “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story” (2007), “Hall Pass” (2011) and more.
Read Fischer’s brimming post about her cancer treatment in the Instagram post below.
