“BEST BIRTHDAY PRESENT EVER!!!”
That’s how Jane Fonda announced the news onher personal blogthis week that her cancer is in remission.
Earlier this year, the actress shared her diagnosis viaInstagram.
“So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share.
I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” she wrote.
“I’m doing chemo for six months and am handling the treatments quite well.”
Inanother poston her blog, she reminded everyone, “This is not my first encounter with cancer.
She also posted that she wasn’t going to let her diagnosis slow her down.
“Believe me, I will not let any of this interfere with my climate activism.”
And now, she’s celebrating her birthday on December 21 with the best news.
She added that without the chemotherapy treatments, it’s made her activism activities much easier.
“The effects wore off just as I went to D.C.,” she noted.
“Thank heavens for that because it was a busy week.”
In aseparate post, she expressed her thanks for all the support she’s been receiving.
“The messages of love and support mean the world to me.”
The actress found that it was important to build a community for support and to fend off isolation.
The diagnosis also came with new changes in her life.
“Cancer,along with my age almost 85 definitely teaches the importance of adapting to new realities.”
