“Beverly Hills, 90210” star Shannen Doherty continues to share her cancer journey with her fans.
The actor shared a video on Wednesday in January where he was about to be taken into surgery to have a tumor removed from his head.
«Clearly trying to be brave but I’m petrified,» she wrote in the post’s caption. instagram post. «The fear was overwhelming for me.»
The video showed Doherty in a hospital gown and surgical cap before surgery on January 16.
“Scared of all the possible bad outcomes, worried about leaving my mother and how that would affect her,” she said. “Worried that she would come out of surgery and not me anymore. This is what cancer can look like.”
Last week, Doherty shared another video of herself undergoing radiation for brain metastases. The condition occurs when cancer cells spread from their original site to the brain, according to the mayo clinic.
“On January 5th, my CT scan showed Mets in my brain. Yesterday’s video showed the process of adjusting the mask you wear during radiation on your brain,” she wrote, referring to a video he posted on June 5.
His first round of radiation took place on January 12, Doherty said.
“My fear is obvious. I am extremely claustrophobic and there was a lot going on in my life. I am lucky because I have great doctors like Dr. Amin Mirahdi and the amazing technicians at Cedar Sinai. But that fear… The turmoil…the timing of it all…This is what cancer can look like,” he said.
The «Charmed» actress was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, before it went into remission in 2017. She announced that the disease had returned to stage 4 in 2020.
Doherty recently shared that she was feeling «so good» during a panel with her «Charmed» co-stars in March. according to people.