The American actress Olivia Munn (43) has been diagnosed with breast cancer. She shares that herself on Instagram.
“I have been diagnosed with breast cancer and I hope that sharing this will help others find comfort, inspiration and support on their own journey.”
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Munn has shared a number of photos on the platform, both from the hospital bed and photos with text.
The 43-year-old says that in February last year she took a genetic test that screens for 90 different types of cancer, and that she then tested negative for all 90 – including BRCA, which is the most common type of breast cancer. At the same time, she also had a mammogram, which was normal.
Just two months later, she received the counter-notice.
“In the last ten months, I’ve been through four operations, and spent so many days in bed that I don’t even have a count,” explains Munn.
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She says that she has kept the disease private for so long because she has had a need to get through the worst part before telling the world about the disease.
CONSOLATION: Olivia gets a good hug in the hospital bed. Photo: Screenshot Instagram Show more
According to Munn, the cancer was discovered by chance. Since she had just had a mammogram, and it looked fine, it was another year until her next check-up. A doctor, on the other hand, wanted to examine how exposed she was to the disease, taking into account her age and family history of cancer.
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“The fact that she (the doctor’s note) did it saved my life. She found that I had a 37 percent chance of getting breast cancer, and so I was sent for an MRI – and then an ultrasound and a biopsy. There, the aggressive and fast-growing form of cancer Luminal B was discovered in both breasts”.
30 days later she had a double mastectomy, which means that she removed both breasts.
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In conclusion, the actress encourages other women to ask their doctor to carry out the same examination as she had, so that others also have the opportunity to detect any cancer early.