“Charles in Charge” actress Nicole Eggert has been diagnosed with breast cancer.The 51-year-old revealed that she was diagnosed in early December 2023 with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer, exclusively to People.After gaining 25 pounds in three months, feeling “terrible pain” in her left breast and a lump during a self-exam, she decided to make an appointment with her doctor. “It really was throbbing and hurting,” she told People. “I immediately went to my general practitioner and she told me I had to immediately go get it looked at.
But the problem was I just couldn’t get an appointment. Everything was booked. So I had to wait until the end of November to get it done.” The actress recalls gaining 25 lbs.
in three months and having “terrible pain” in her left breast in October, although she assumed these were are all early signs of menopause.
After a mammogram and three biopsies, Eggert’s pathology reports tested positive for cancer.“This journey’s been rough for me.
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