Shannen Doherty Shares Video of Her Undergoing Brain Radiation: ‘My Fear is Obvious’
Shannen Doherty is discussing her health status.
The 52-year-old actress announced on Tuesday that a CT scan performed on January 5 revealed that she had brain metastases after revealing that she had been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in February 2020. According to the Mayo Clinic, the condition occurs when cancer cells spread from their original location to the brain. “January 12, the first round of radiation took place,” she explained alongside an Instagram video of her receiving radiation therapy. “My fear is obvious. I am extremely claustrophobic, and there was a lot going on in my life.” “I am fortunate as I have great doctors like Dr. Amin Mirahdi and the amazing techs at cedar sinai,” she continued. “But that fear…. The turmoil….. the timing of it all…. This is what cancer can look like.”
Doherty’s revelation comes after the Charmed alum shared an Instagram video on June 5 of herself getting fitted for the mask she wore while receiving treatment with the caption, “January 9, 2023.”
Doherty previously gave an update on her health at a Charmed panel alongside Rose McGowan, Holly Marie Combs, Brian Krause, Dorian Gregory, and Drew Fuller, moderated at 90s Con in March.Since first being diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015 and announcing that the disease had returned after remission in 2017, Doherty has often provided updates about her treatment.
“Is it all pretty? NO but it’s truthful and my hope in sharing is that we all become more educated, more familiar with what cancer looks like,” she wrote on Instagram in October 2021. “I hope I encourage to get mammograms, to get regular checkups, to cut thru the fear and face whatever might be in front of you.”
