Jane Fonda Starting Chemotherapy After Being Diagnosed With ‘Very Treatable’ Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma: ‘I Feel Very Lucky’

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Not backing down. Jane Fonda revealed she was beginning six months of chemotherapy after being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma — and has no plans to let it slow her down. “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,” Fonda, 84, wrote via Instagram on Friday, September 2, alongside a selfie. “This is a very treatable cancer.

80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky.” The Grace & Frankie star explained that “almost every family in America” has been forced to face cancer at “one time or another,” noting that she is “privileged”  to have both health insurance and access to the “best doctors and treatments” available. “We also need to be talking much more not just about cures but about causes so we can eliminate them,” the Academy Award winner added. “For example, people need to know that fossil fuels cause cancer.

So do pesticides, many of which are fossil fuel-based, like mine.”The New York native, who made headlines in 2020 for her climate activism and subsequent arrests, said that while she is “doing chemo for 6 months” and “handling the treatments quite well,” she has no plans to let cancer “interfere” with her activism against climate change alongside her “army of climate champions.”“Cancer is a teacher and I’m paying attention to the lessons it holds for me,” Fonda shared. “One thing it’s shown me already is the importance of community.