While dealing with breast cancer, actress Shannen Doherty has shown tremendous courage and faith. She has been very open about all of her struggles with the disease and with her treatment, as well as how this experience has changed her.
She also isn't one to shy away from looking weak and tired: she can't hide it, and can't deny that cancer and cancer treatment will undoubtedly make even the strongest individual get into the fetal position.
But her illness isn't stopping her from standing tall and defending herself against the ignorance of others. She has recently started the next phase of her treatment, radiation therapy. In an Instagram post, she tells her fans and followers just how little some people understand about cancer. In fact, it was a woman's extreme, horrified reaction that got her to respond with both grace and conviction: you can't "catch" cancer, and the radiation from her treatment certainly won't "leak" out of her!
Driving home from radiation with my love @kurtiswarienko Today, we were in an elevator and I was asked how I was feeling.
I responded by saying that I had just gotten a radiation treatment so therefore very tired.
The random girl on the elevator with us physically lunged away as far as she could.
She then proceeded to look horrified for the next 3 floors.
Just a heads up…. 1. You can't catch it.
2. The radiation won't leak out of me and go into you. Hope that helps. #cancertruths from the #cancerslayer
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