Jane Fonda recalls her difficult chemotherapy journey.
After confirming in September that her diagnosis was not lymphoma, the Grace & Frankie actress opened up about her own cancer treatment last year. Ms Hodgkin, 85, said chemotherapy had taken a “big toll on me”, despite announcing last month that her cancer was in remission.
“For the first time, I realized that what I was experiencing was normal. “The first round of chemotherapy I received wasn’t very unpleasant, so it got heavier and heavier as time went on,” she said.
The actress found out that her disease was in remission two days before her 85th birthday, and not only did she have a special reason to celebrate, but she also considered it very important.
She said it also gave her an opportunity to think about her death. “I think about my mortality a lot. I’ve been doing this for 30 years,” Fonda said. “I think it’s an advantage. It’s difficult to live properly if you don’t consider the possibility of death. This is part of life. “”
“Other cultures are not afraid of thinking about death,” she said.
“I’m thinking a lot about it. It has greatly improved my life. Being diagnosed with cancer makes me even more anxious, but I want to make sure I reach my goals so I don’t look back on my life with regrets.
Fonda posted on Instagram a photo of herself attending a climate change protest in Washington, D.C., along with a statement that her cancer is in remission.
“Last week, my doctor told me that my cancer is in remission and I can stop chemotherapy,” she said in December. “I feel so lucky and blessed right now and I want to thank everyone who has prayed for me and thought of me. In my opinion, this certainly contributed to some good news.
The Oscar winner said some of her treatment was “difficult.” However, she recovered and traveled to Washington, D.C., to “lobby” and speak on climate change within the Democratic Alliance.
“I’m especially happy because my last chemo treatment was painful and lasted two weeks and I couldn’t do much,” Fonda said. “The first four chemotherapy sessions were very easy for me, just a few days of exhaustion.
She said that effect “dissipated” when she arrived in Washington, D.C., for her first in-person fire drill meeting on Friday. She hosts an event called “Fire Drill Friday” every week to raise her awareness about climate change. Fonda first made her situation public in September.
“Now, my dear friends, I would like to share something personal with you. “Non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy has begun,” she began sharing on Instagram. “This cancer is incredibly treatable. I consider myself very lucky because 80% of people survive. »
While she recognizes that she is “privileged” to have access to high-quality medical care when many others do not, she describes her condition as “the most critical period in human history.” It was used as a call to action at the time of the call.
“I won’t let cancer stop me from doing my best,” the actress wrote. “I’m using every tool in my toolbox, and a big part of that is growing the Fire Drill Fridays group and finding new ways to leverage our collective power to affect change. is to find out.”
Three weeks after Ms. Fonda announced her illness and about three weeks after starting her first round of chemotherapy, she said she was “deeply touched and encouraged by all of her outpouring of love and support.” “It happened,” he wrote on his blog.
“I would like to emphasize that this is a highly treatable malignancy and there have been significant advances in the drugs prescribed to patients,” she said.
