The actress Olivia Munn stated on Wednesday that she had been given a prognosis of an aggressive type of breast most cancers final 12 months and shortly after had a double mastectomy as a part of her remedy.

Munn, 43, who has starred in dozens of films and tv exhibits, together with the HBO collection “The Newsroom,” wrote in a prolonged social media submit that she had tried to be proactive about her well being.

In February 2023, not lengthy after having a traditional mammogram, Munn took a sturdy genetic take a look at that checked for 90 most cancers genes. She stated she examined unfavorable for all of them, together with BRCA, probably the most well-known breast most cancers gene. Her sister additionally examined unfavorable across the similar time.

“We referred to as one another and high-fived over the cellphone,” Munn wrote.

Two months later, Munn discovered she had luminal B, a kind of breast most cancers. A month after that, she had the double mastectomy.

“Prior to now ten months, I’ve had 4 surgical procedures, so many days spent in mattress I can’t even depend and have discovered extra about most cancers, most cancers, remedy and hormones than I ever may have imagined,” she wrote. “Surprisingly, I’ve solely cried twice. I suppose I haven’t felt like there was time to cry.”

Munn’s submit was largely a plea to ladies to ask their medical doctors to calculate their breast most cancers threat evaluation rating. That her obstetrician-gynecologist had finished so helped establish Munn’s most cancers early.

“The truth that she did saved my life,” Munn wrote.

The danger evaluation consists of components like familial breast most cancers historical past and age; Munn talked about in her submit that having her first youngster over the age of 30 was an element. Munn has been in a relationship with the comedian John Mulaney since 2021 and so they have a 2-year-old son, Malcolm, collectively.

The outcomes of Munn’s threat evaluation prompted her physician to ship her for an M.R.I., which led to an ultrasound. That led to a biopsy revealing the most cancers.

In her submit, Munn thanked her medical doctors in addition to her family and friends. She thanked Mulaney for researching all of her operations and medicines for details about unwanted effects and restoration.

For the previous 12 months, Munn’s social media has proven many completely satisfied moments, in addition to many glamorous ones, together with household pictures on the seashore and others of Munn in designer seems. This weekend she shared photographs that confirmed her carrying a metallic Fendi robe for the Oscars ceremony, the place Mulaney introduced an award.

“I’ve tended to let folks see me when I’ve power, once I can dress and get out of the home, once I can take my child boy to the park,” she wrote.

“I’ve saved the prognosis and the concern and the restoration and the ache drugs and the paper robes personal. I wanted to catch my breath and get by a number of the hardest elements earlier than sharing.”

The actress Olivia Munn stated on Wednesday that she had been given a prognosis of an aggressive type of breast most cancers final 12 months and shortly after had a double mastectomy as a part of her remedy.

Munn, 43, who has starred in dozens of films and tv exhibits, together with the HBO collection “The Newsroom,” wrote in a prolonged social media submit that she had tried to be proactive about her well being.

In February 2023, not lengthy after having a traditional mammogram, Munn took a sturdy genetic take a look at that checked for 90 most cancers genes. She stated she examined unfavorable for all of them, together with BRCA, probably the most well-known breast most cancers gene. Her sister additionally examined unfavorable across the similar time.

“We referred to as one another and high-fived over the cellphone,” Munn wrote.

Two months later, Munn discovered she had luminal B, a kind of breast most cancers. A month after that, she had the double mastectomy.

“Prior to now ten months, I’ve had 4 surgical procedures, so many days spent in mattress I can’t even depend and have discovered extra about most cancers, most cancers, remedy and hormones than I ever may have imagined,” she wrote. “Surprisingly, I’ve solely cried twice. I suppose I haven’t felt like there was time to cry.”

Munn’s submit was largely a plea to ladies to ask their medical doctors to calculate their breast most cancers threat evaluation rating. That her obstetrician-gynecologist had finished so helped establish Munn’s most cancers early.

“The truth that she did saved my life,” Munn wrote.

The danger evaluation consists of components like familial breast most cancers historical past and age; Munn talked about in her submit that having her first youngster over the age of 30 was an element. Munn has been in a relationship with the comedian John Mulaney since 2021 and so they have a 2-year-old son, Malcolm, collectively.

The outcomes of Munn’s threat evaluation prompted her physician to ship her for an M.R.I., which led to an ultrasound. That led to a biopsy revealing the most cancers.

In her submit, Munn thanked her medical doctors in addition to her family and friends. She thanked Mulaney for researching all of her operations and medicines for details about unwanted effects and restoration.

For the previous 12 months, Munn’s social media has proven many completely satisfied moments, in addition to many glamorous ones, together with household pictures on the seashore and others of Munn in designer seems. This weekend she shared photographs that confirmed her carrying a metallic Fendi robe for the Oscars ceremony, the place Mulaney introduced an award.

“I’ve tended to let folks see me when I’ve power, once I can dress and get out of the home, once I can take my child boy to the park,” she wrote.

“I’ve saved the prognosis and the concern and the restoration and the ache drugs and the paper robes personal. I wanted to catch my breath and get by a number of the hardest elements earlier than sharing.”