Shannen Doherty diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in 2019, shared her cancer has spread to her bones, “I don’t want to die.”
Shannen was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. The disease went into remission in 2017 after a mastectomy and chemotherapy, but in 2020, she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. She shared earlier this year it had spread to her brain.
Doherty speaking with People said, “I’ don’t want to die,” she told the publication. “I’m not done with living. I’m not done with loving. I’m not done with creating. I’m not done with hopefully changing things for the better,” adding, “I’m just not — I’m not done.”
In a video posted today on Instagram, the 52-year-old actress said “We’re on a really good regiment right now and it’s working well for me, so day by day, month by month, year by year.”
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“When you ask yourself, ‘Why me? Why did I get cancer?’ and then ‘Why did my cancer come back? Why am I stage 4?’ that leads you to look for the bigger purpose in life,” she said.
Part of that purpose, Doherty said, is proving that people with cancer diagnoses can be “vibrant.”
“My greatest memory is yet to come,” she noted. “I pray. I wake up and go to bed thanking God, praying for the things that matter to me without asking for too much. It connects me to a higher power and spirituality. My faith is my mantra.”
It was announced Wednesday that the actress is launching a podcast, “Let’s Be Clear with Shannen Doherty,” premiering December 7 on iHeartRadio.
Credit: Huffington Post, ABC, People