“I have already received chemo”, the veteran interpreter has announced on her Instagram account, while trusting that she will be cured: “It is very treatable”
Veteran American actress Jane Fonda has cancer. The also activist, 84, has announced it through her social networks to the surprise of half the world. “I have been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and have started chemo treatments,” she informed her followers on her Instagram account.
In the text, she also emphasizes that she remains positive and optimistic because her tumor is a “very treatable” disease. “80 percent of people survive, so I feel very lucky,” she explained.
An environmentalist and supporter of the Democratic Party, Fonda took the opportunity to lament that many others in her situation do not have the same opportunities. “Almost every family in America has had to deal with cancer at some point … and too many don’t have access to the quality health care that I’m getting, and that’s not right.”
In fight
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is a type of cancer that begins in the lymphatic system, a part of the body’s immune defenses, and can turn tumors into widespread tumors. According to the Mayo Clinic, symptoms include: swollen lymph nodes, abdominal pain or swelling, chest pain, cough or trouble breathing, as well as persistent fatigue and fever. “In most cases, doctors don’t know what causes non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” the clinic says on its website.
Fonda promised that his treatment will not stop him from continuing to act for the environment, and urged action against fossil fuels, which he links to cancer. “We are living in the most important moment of humanity, because what we do or don’t do now will determine the kind of future to come.” “I will not let cancer stop me from doing everything I can, using every tool” at my disposal.
He also referred to the mid-term elections in the United States, in which the ruling Democratic Party could lose control of both chambers of Congress. “You can count on me to be there with you, as our army of environmental defenders grows,” he wrote to US President Joe Biden.
Double Oscar
Fonda first appeared on screen in 1960, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for “Klute” (My Past Condemns Me – 1971) and “Coming Home” (1978). She was an activist against the war in Vietnam, which was worth the rejection of Hollywood. She also participates in the successful series “Grace and Frankie”, available on Netflix.
The actress comes from a family full of celebrities: her father Henry was a movie legend who won the award for best actor for “On Golden Pond” (The golden years, On the golden lagoon – 1981), while her brother Peter was a relevant figure of the counterculture in the 1960s.