“Baywatch” star Nicole Eggert, 53, shared an update on her breast cancer journey with a snapshot on Instagram.
“Had a mastectomy with reconstruction on Thursday. How was ur weekend,” the caption reads.
In 2024, she shared with People that she finished treatment for Stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in December 2023. At the time, she knew she’d need to undergo surgery.
“There’s a lot of waiting in this and it’s sort of something I didn’t realize and nobody really talks about,” she said. “But the gray area is the hardest because you don’t know what’s happening. When I’m doing treatment, I felt like I was doing something productive.”
Cribriform carcinoma is a rare type of invasive ductal carcinoma breast cancer, according to New York Presbyterian. When the tumor is examined under a microscope, there are holes between the cells. This type of cancer generally grows slowly, BreastCancer.org says.
Eggert first attributed the signs of breast cancer she experienced to menopause. She gained 25 pounds in three months and experienced “terrible pain” in her left breast. But when she discovered a lump during a self-exam, she visited her doctor. Mammograms and biopsies confirmed that she had cancer.
“This journey’s been rough for me. This hasn’t been a breezy sail through life,” she said. “I always read inspirational quotes and corny stuff, but it gets me through it.”
Eggert candidly shares her experience with cancer and survivorship on social media. On Instagram on Aug. 8, she captured the fear many cancer survivors face when going for follow-up scans.
“That anxiety leading up to it is debilitating, like it’s horrible,” she explained. “I went in today to get my results, and I was for sure going to vomit all over the waiting room. I was shaking. I kept thinking I was going to faint.”
Luckily, her scans “were clear.”
“I’m sobbing. I’m crying and weeping of gratitude and happiness and all the emotions,” she said. “It’s so up and down. It’s so much on us.”
Eggert also admitted that being a cancer survivor is a “forever thing.”
“Does it ever stop?” she said. “I don’t think so.”
