Olivia Munn Shares Breast Cancer Diagnosis on Instagram

Olivia Munn has breast cancer, she shared on Instagram today — noting she’s “so lucky” to have caught it when she did. 

“I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I hope by sharing this it will help others find comfort, inspiration and support on their own journey,” Munn, 43, wrote in the post's caption. 

With a series of photos and long typed slides, Munn informatively described the ordeal she’d been suffering through the past ten months when she was first diagnosed with Luminal B cancer in both breasts. Describing hers as an “aggressive, fast-moving cancer,” Munn revealed that she’s had four surgeries since April, including a double mastectomy. “I went from feeling completely fine one day to waking up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery the next,” Munn wrote on one slide. 

She credited getting her Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score with helping to save her life and urged other women to ask their doctors to perform this simple assessment for them, too. “Dr. Aliabadi looked at factors like my age, familial breast cancer history, and the fact that I had my first child after the age of 30," Munn wrote. "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 led to a biopsy. The biopsy showed I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts.”

In one slide, Munn gave a moving shoutout to her friends and family, including her partner John Mulaney: “I’m so thankful to John for the nights he spent researching what every operation and medication meant and what side effects and recovery I could expect. For being there before I went into each surgery and being there when I woke up, always placing framed photos of our little boy Malcolm so it would be the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes.”

She also included photos of herself in the hospital receiving treatments and a mammogram, as well as a video of herself receiving a pep talk from her doctor, Dr. Thais Aliabadi, presumably before going in for her double mastectomy.

Munn did not touch on her long-term prognosis or next steps, but her candor about her disease will, hopefully, encourage others to learn more about their own risk — and to ask their doctors for their Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Score.

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