Shannen Doherty found her first day of radiation treatment "frightening".
The 45-year-old actress - who was diagnosed with breast cancer in
February 2015 - had her first radiotherapy session, and the former
'Charmed' star has admitted she hated it and was so scared about the
treatment she was tempted to run away.
The star shared a picture of her leaning forward in the hospital chair
with the patient's gown on to her Instagram on Monday (28.11.16), which
she captioned: "First day of radiation treatment. I look like I'm about
to make a run for it which is accurate. Radiation is frightening to me.
Something about not being able to see the laser, see the treatment and
having this machine moving around you just scares me.
I'm sure I'll get
used to it but right now.... I hate it. #radiation #radiationmondaysucks
#stillfightinglikeagirl (sic)."
And Shannen - who is currently married to her third husband Kurt
Iswarienko - is nearly finished her chemotherapy, which she began in
July.
Speaking previously about Shannen and her treatment, her doctor,
Lawrence Prio, said: "Shannon is doing amazing. We have just a few more
weeks of treatment, and then we'll be nearly finished with the
chemotherapy."
Although the Tennessee-born star is ploughing through her medical
treatments, the cancer stricken star has admitted she sometimes fears
she won't survive the disease, although those negative "moments" soon
pass.
Alongside a heartbreaking photograph of Shannen lying on her side on a
hospital bed after a round of chemo-therapy, she wrote: "#fbf to a very
short bit ago. Day after #chemoday isn't always so great. Sometimes one
isn't able to dance, or eat or even to think about the next day.
Sometimes it just feels like you aren't going to make it. That passes.
Sometimes the next day or 2 days later or 6 but it passes and movement
is possible. Hope is possible. Possibility is possible. To my cancer
family and everyone suffering.... stay courageous. Stay strong. Stay
positive. #wegotthis. #fightlikeagirl (sic)"