Jenna Fischer is getting candid about her breast cancer diagnosis — and how it affected her family. In case you didn’t hear the sad news, the Walk Hard star took to Instagram to share that she’d been diagnosed with Stage 1 triple positive breast cancer last year.
The diagnosis came as a shock to fans and followers as Jenna, who played beloved receptionist Pam Beesly on The Office, kept it under wraps for so long.
Luckily, in the post she revealed she was cancer free through the power of modern medicine, and thankfully has better days ahead of her: AH-Mazing! Related: MTV Star Chose Alternative Medicine Over Double Mastectomy — Now Her Cancer Is Stage 4 Now that she’s on the mend, she’s decided to open up more about her journey.
On Monday, Jenna went on The Today Show where she discussed the impact her diagnosis had on herself and her family. First, it was a really slow burn way of learning what was happening.