Shannen Doherty Posts Pre-Brain Surgery Video: ‘I Am Petrified’
The actress revealed last week that her metastatic breast cancer had spread to her brain.
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Shannen Doherty continued to let fans in on her cancer journey Wednesday, posting a video taken in January just as she was about to be wheeled into surgery to remove a tumor in her head. Last week, the Charmed star revealed a Jan. 5 CT scan showed that her metastatic breast cancer had spread to her brain, and that she had her first round of radiation a week later. The new video is dated Jan. 16. “Surgery. I had a tumor in my head they wanted to remove and also biopsy,” Doherty writes, seen in a hospital bed as she discusses what to expect with a nurse off camera. “I am clearly trying to be brave but I am petrified. The fear was overwhelming to me. Scared of all possible bad outcomes, worried about leaving my mom and how that would impact her. Worried that I would come out of surgery not me anymore. This is what cancer can look like.”
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