Marlyne Barrett has spoken out about her uterine and ovarian cancer battle. The actress received the diagnosis in July 2022 and told People in an interview that it came as a surprise.
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“The initial experience was a shock to my womanhood,” she explained. “I didn’t believe them at first, but when they showed me the CT scan, I was like, ‘Oh my word.’ The first question was, ‘Am I going to live?’ ‘I just fell into the arms of my husband.’ When I think about it, it still takes my breath away.”
“I’m an extremely private person, but I felt compelled to tell my story,” she explained. “When my character was diagnosed with breast cancer, I had a flood of people reach out to me on social media.”
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They gave me courage, and I felt compelled to meet their hearts where they met mine.” Her treatment plan includes chemotherapy, as well as a hysterectomy.
“I found this courage and I just hunkered down and said, ‘I’m going to face this,’” she said.
Barrett added that work keeps her occupied and that she’s taking it one day at a time.
“We as human beings are so scared to face the mortality of life, or to even pronounce the word cancer,” she said. “But we have so much more strength inside of us than we think.”
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