LOS ANGELES — Jane Fonda stated on social media Friday that she has most cancers.
“So, my pricey associates, I’ve one thing private I need to share. I’ve been identified with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have began chemo therapies,” the 84-year-old actor wrote in an Instagram put up.
“This can be a very treatable most cancers,” she added, “so I really feel very fortunate.”
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma is a most cancers that begins within the white blood cells and impacts components of the physique’s immune system.
Fonda acknowledged that not like many, she is privileged to have insurance coverage, and entry to the perfect docs and care.
“Nearly each household in America has needed to cope with most cancers at one time or one other and much too many don’t have entry to the standard well being care I’m receiving and this isn’t proper,” she stated.
Fonda stated she has begun a six-month course of chemotherapy, is dealing with the therapies nicely, and won’t let it intervene along with her local weather activism.
Fonda has handled most cancers earlier than. She had a tumor faraway from her breast in 2010, and has additionally had pores and skin most cancers.
A part of a legendary Hollywood household, Fonda gained fame for each her performing and her activism beginning within the late Sixties.
She received Oscars for her performances in 1971’s “Klute” and 1978’s “Coming Dwelling.”
She has additionally starred within the movies “Barbarella” and “9 to five,” and within the Netflix sequence “Grace and Frankie.”
