Alicia Witt Reveals She Was Battling Cancer Amid Her Parents' Death
Alicia Witt is opening up about her private battle with cancer. actress took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal that she completed chemotherapy two months ago and had been undergoing treatments for the disease amid her parents' tragic death in December.In the celebratory post, the 46-year-old actress shared videos of the moment she struck a gong to signal the end of her treatments as well as a photo of her holding her official certificate. She also posted a selfie as well as photos in which she removed the protective head and chest coverings she wore while receiving treatments.«Just a little over 2 months ago, i had my last round of chemical therapy prior to my mastectomy,» Witt wrote alongside the set of images and videos.She went on to thank her team of doctors at Tennessee Oncology, who were by her side as she rang the bell.«Although we didn’t yet know for absolute certain until after the mastectomy that the disease was completely healed from my left breast, this marked the end of my carboplatin/taxotere, + herceptin/perjeta (the latter two are immunotherapies which will continue, per protocol for HER2+, through the end of this year),» Witt shared.She also thanked her «tiny crew of human angels» for helping her get through all six treatments and helping her change her therapy cap to not only prevent hair loss but also keep her diagnosis private until she was fully healed.«I had a tiny crew of human angels surrounding me for all 6 treatments, not only keeping my spirits high, but tending to and changing my @penguincoldcapsglobal.