The Office star Jenna Fischer has revealed how she confided in her famous friend Christina Applegate after her breast cancer diagnosis.
Just a week after the 50-year-old publicly revealed her diagnosis of stage 1 triple-positive breast cancer, which she said was “aggressive but treatable,” the actress opened up about her treatment and support system.
While I was talking to him today’s programHollywood heavyweight Hoda Kotb also revealed how Christina, 52, who was diagnosed with MS in 2021, was a source of comfort to her.
After receiving her diagnosis, Jenna revealed that she sought comfort from her friend, who insisted that she “knew” she had cancer.
Jenna described the emotional journey that led to her finding out she would have to undergo chemotherapy and the various ways Christina helped her by being “salty.”
The Office star Jenna Fischer revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.
Jenna admitted that Christina was one of the first people she told about the situation.
She told the outlet: “I called her, she answered the phone and said, ‘Which one is it?’ And I said, ‘It’s breast cancer.’ And she said, ‘I knew it.’
‘She’s salty. That’s salty language. I love her for that.’
The office star also said that Christina helped her get in touch with other breast cancer survivors.
Recalling how she was diagnosed, Jenna revealed that it all started when she came for her. annual mammogram in October 2023.
She told Hoda: “Three weeks later, they said, ‘Oh, your mammogram was fine.’ There were some spots that were hard to see.”
”You have a very dense tissue. “We would recommend that you have another mammogram and perhaps follow up with a breast ultrasound.”
At the time, Jenna admitted she didn’t feel “any level of worry.”
Just a week after the 50-year-old publicly revealed her Stage 1 Triple Positive breast cancer diagnosis, the actress opened up about her treatment.
She said she confided in her famous friend Christina Applegate after her breast cancer diagnosis.
Jenna described the emotional journey that led her to discovering she would have to undergo chemotherapy and the various ways Christina helped her by being “salty” (the couple seen in 2011).
After her ultrasound, doctors advised the Hollywood star to undergo a biopsy, as they shared that there was a “10 percent chance it was cancerous.”
She added: “I checked the portal during the walk and that’s when I saw words like invasive, ductal, carcinoma, malignant.” And I said, “Those words sound like words about cancer.”
After the message from the portal, Jenna called her husband, Lee Kirk, and told him the news, adding that she still wasn’t sure if it was cancer.
She revealed she was “in disbelief” before sharing how she broke the devastating news to her children.
Jenna revealed that she and Lee sat down and told their children, Weston Lee, 13, and Harper Marie, 10, the news in a very “honest” conversation.
The actress admitted that her treatment, which included chemotherapy, lumpectomy and radiation, helped her be more grateful for the “annoying” things in life like “traffic.”
Jenna, who is now cancer-free, attributed the success of her treatment to early diagnosis and urged other women to schedule their appointments.
While speaking with Today Show’s Hoda Kotb, the Hollywood heavyweight revealed how she came to be diagnosed.
Jenna shared a photo with her husband Lee Kirk and their children as they celebrated the end of her treatment.
She told the outlet: “If I had waited six more months, it could have been a lot worse.” It could have spread. It was a very aggressive form of cancer.
‘I am very lucky that my cancer has not spread to my lymph nodes. It had not spread to any other part of my body.
‘My tumor was still very small, too small to feel. That’s the question. A self-examination would not have detected the cancer. It was really that routine mammogram that started all of this. And I’m very grateful to have gone to that appointment.”
Last week, Jenna shared a candid photo of herself with shorter hair after undergoing chemotherapy treatment and implored her fans to get regular mammograms.
She wrote: ‘October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I never thought I would make an announcement like this but here we are.
‘Last December, I was diagnosed with stage 1 triple-positive breast cancer. After completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, I am now cancer-free.’
Jenna is married to Lee and the couple share a son, Weston Lee, 13, and daughter, Harper Marie, 10.
She is most famous for her role as Pam Beesly on The Office from 2005 to 2013, with John Krasinski playing her love interest Jim Alpert. Their characters got married on the NBC show and gained a huge fandom.