Actress Olivia Munn has opened up about her cancer diagnosis.
Highlighting the intent to help others like her, the actress informed her 2.9 million followers that she underwent four surgeries over the last few months, including a double mastectomy.
Olivia Munn Announces Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis Following Double Mastectomy
On Tuesday, Munn uploaded a ten-slide post that included multiple photos and one video of her in a hospital gown and room.
In between the shots, the 43-year-old issued a statement that detailed her grueling experience since she was diagnosed with cancer in February 2023.
According to her, the journey began after she proactively “took a genetic test that checks you for 90 different cancer genes” and “tested negative for all, including BRA (the most well-known breast cancer gene).”
However, two months after she “had a normal mammogram,” she was diagnosed with breast cancer. 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 ever could have imagined.”
Munn Says She Is ‘Lucky’ To Have ‘Had Options’
Amid it all, Munn managed to keep “the diagnosis and the worry and the recovery and the pain medicine and the paper gowns private.”
As it turned out, she would not have known about her condition until her “next scheduled mammogram” if not for her OBGYN, Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi’s decision to test her Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score.
“She discovered my lifetime risk was at 37%. Because of that score, I was sent to get an MRI, which led to an ultrasound, which then led to a biopsy,” Munn penned before stating that she underwent a double mastectomy a month later.
After noting that she was “lucky” to have caught the disease when she “had options,” the “Ride Along 2” star expressed her gratitude to her family, friends, and medical staff for helping her through it.
