Suzanne Somers.Photo:David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan/Getty
Suzanne Somersis giving an update on her health after a recent and private battle with cancer again.
On Monday, the iconic actress and entrepreneur, 76, posted on Instagram and revealed that her breast cancer returned following her first diagnosis in 2000.
“As you know, I had breast cancer two decades ago, and every now and then it pops up again, and I continue to bat it down,” she wrote. “I have used the best alternative and conventional treatments to combat it. This is not new territory for me. I know how to put on my battle gear and I’m a fighter.”
TheThree’s Companystar shared a photo of herself alongside husband,Alan Hamel, boasting how much the producer and her son Bruce, 57, have been her support system since her first battle with cancer.
The star also toldEntertainment Tonightand that although her cancer returned, she does “my best not to let this insidious disease control me.”
“It’s a recurrence of my breast cancer,” she said in a statement to the outlet. “Like any cancer patient, when you get that dreaded, ‘It’s back’ you get a pit in your stomach. Then I put on my battle gear and go to war. This is familiar battleground for me and I’m very tough.”
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Hamel, 87, also recently gave an update on Somers’ latest cancer battle, opening up toPageSixabout the ups and downs of his wife’s health.
“Suzanne has lived with cancer all her life. In her 20s, she’d also dealt with two hyperplasia…which is the waiting room for cancer,” he told the outlet. “She has now dealt with her cancer once again. On June 6, she got an all-clear, but cancer is tricky and we will now closely monitor everything going forward.”
Despite being cancer-free, Hamel said that Somers isn’t ready to jump back into work, still focusing on her health instead.
“We decided to put work on the back burner for now and focus on her health,” he said.
source: people.com
