More than a year after announcing the cancer she has been battling for nearly a decade had spread to her brain, Shannen Doherty reveals she has witnessed a miracle.
During the latest episode of her podcast, Lets Be Clear, Shannen Doherty revealed that after months of her cancer treatments not showing any progress, miraculously, six or seven treatment later, the treatment is working.
“I’m on a new cancer infusion … after the sixth, seventh treatment, we really saw it breaking down the blood brain barrier,” Doherty explained. “So I call that a miracle? Yeah. For me that happens to be a miracle.”
Doherty is also undergoing intense radiation treatments that admittedly scared her because of the potential side effects. “I was petrified of, you know, is it going to change who I am?”
Shannen Doherty got real with her followers after doctors have told her the cancer she has been battling for years now has spread to her brain, back in January 2023.As Mamas Uncut previously reported, Doherty was first diagnosed with cancer in 2015. Now, eight years later, Doherty has shared a video of herself crying while sundering going radiation.
Shannen Doherty Shares Cancer Update | Shannen Doherty is getting real with her followers after doctors have told her the cancer she has been battling for years now has spread to her brain.
She revealed that she was told the cancer had spread to her brain on January 5th. “My CT scan showed Mets in my brain,” Doherty wrote. “…January 12, the first round of radiation took place. My fear is obvious.”
Doherty continued writing, “I am extremely claustrophobic, and there was a lot going on in my life. I am fortunate as I have great doctors like Dr. Amin Mirahdi and the amazing techs at cedar sinai. But that fear…. The turmoil….. the timing of it all…. This is what cancer can look like.”
The emotional video showed tears streaming down her face as she received her first round of radiation. The actress had also seemingly alluded to her decision to divorce her husband of 11 years.
Shannen Doherty Shares Cancer Update | Shannen Doherty is getting real with her followers after doctors have told her the cancer she has been battling for years now has spread to her brain.
Doherty confirmed in April that she had filed for divorce from her husband of 11 years, Kurt Iswarienko. “Divorce is the last thing Shannen wanted,” Doherty’s rep, Leslie Sloane, told People in an exclusive statement.
“Unfortunately, she felt she was left with no other option.” Sloane went on to allege that Iswarienko’s agent “was intimately involved” with the divorce.
Shannen Doherty Shares Cancer Update | Shannen Doherty is getting real with her followers after doctors have told her the cancer she has been battling for years now has spread to her brain.
TMZ reports that Doherty and Iswarienko have been separated since January, around the same time Doherty would have learned about her diagnosis.
While Doherty hasn’t personally commented on the news of the divorce, she did post a cryptic message just before it went public. “The only people who deserve to be in your life are the ones who treat you with love, kindness, and total respect.”
Doherty’s friend, Sarah Michelle Gellar, commented on the post writing, “I guess you will be in my life forever then.”
Shannen Doherty On Cancer Battle: ‘It’s Part Of Life At This Point’
Iswarienko has been with Doherty since she was first diagnosed in 2015 with breast cancer after finding a lump in her own breast. Doherty began her fight against breast cancer with hormone therapy.
However, she eventually needed to undergo a single mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. Two years after her initial diagnosis, in 2017, Self reports that Doherty announced she was finally in remission.
Sadly in 2020, the actress announced that the cancer had returned. This time it was stage IV metastatic breast cancer, and it had spread to other parts of her body, like her spine, Elle reported.
Doherty admitted she learned the cancer returned after experiencing sharp pain in her back. “It was no longer, ‘I worked out, and I’m a little sore.’ It was like, ‘God, this hurts!’ ”