Olivia Munn has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year – having undergone four surgeries in the last 10 months.
The actress, 43, took to Instagram yesterday to issue a startling health update.
She Was Tested Negative For BRCA
She wrote: ‘In February of 2023, in an effort to be more proactive about my health, I took a genetic test that checks you for 90 cancer genes. I tested negative for all, including BRCA (the most well-known breast cancer gene).
‘My sister Sara had just tested negative as well. We called each other and high-fived over the phone. The same winter I also had a negative mammogram.
The Bleak Health Update
‘Two months later I was diagnosed with breast cancer.’
4 Surgeries in The Last 10 Months
She continued: ‘In the past ten months I have had four surgeries, so many days spent in bed I can’t even count and have learned more about cancer, cancer treatment and hormones than I could ever have imagined.
She’s Trying to be Clearheaded
‘Surprisingly, I’ve only cried twice. I guess I haven’t felt like there was time to cry. My focus narrowed and I tabled my emotions that I felt would interfere with my ability to stay clearheaded.
‘I’ve tended to let people see me when I have energy, when I can get dressed and get out of the house, when I can take my baby boy to the park. I’ve kept the diagnosis and the worry and the recovery and the pain medicine and the paper gowns private.
‘I needed to catch my breath and get through some of the hardest parts before sharing.’
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Olivia went on to praise her OBGYN for deciding to calculate her Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score, adding: ‘The fact she did saved my life.’
‘Dr. Aliabadi looked at factors like my age, familial breast cancer history, and the fact I had my first child after the age of 30. She discovered my lifetime risk was at 37 per cent.
‘Because of that score I was sent to get an MRI, which led to an ultrasound, which then led to a biopsy. The biopsy showed I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts. Luminal B is an aggressive, fast moving cancer.
’30 days after that biopsy I had a double mastectomy. I went from feeling completely fine one day, to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next.’
