Pam Beesly on the hit NBC sitcom — revealed earlier this month was diagnosed with breast cancer last year.Appearing on the “Today” show, Fischer said she received her diagnosis in October 2023.
Her husband, Lee Kirk, was the first person she told about the news.One of the first friends she decided to share news of her health woes with was Applegate, with whom she co-starred in the 2011 film, “Hall Pass.”“I called her, and she answered the phone, and she said, ‘Which one is it?’ And I said, ‘It’s breast cancer.’ And she said, ‘I effing knew it.’”“She’s salty.
Salty language that one. I love her for it,” Fischer said of Applegate, who is living with multiple sclerosis.The 50-year-old actress shared that she underwent treatment and is now cancer free.“After completing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation I am now cancer free,” she wrote.However, the road to recovery was not always smooth-sailing.Fischer told fans that she had a lumpectomy in January to remove the tumor, which luckily hadn’t spread because the doctors caught it early.
Due to the “aggressive nature” of her cancer, the star required chemotherapy and radiation.She underwent 12 rounds of weekly chemo starting in February and began her three weeks of radiation in June.