Beloved Australian actor and comedian Magda Szubanski has revealed her private health battle with a “rare” form of cancer.
The Kath & Kim star took to social media on Wednesday, May 29, to share her diagnosis with stage four Mantle Cell Lymphoma.
“Hello, my lovelies. The head is shaved in anticipation of it all falling out in a couple of weeks,” she said in the video. “I have just been diagnosed with a very rare, very aggressive lymphoma.
“It is one of the nasty ones unfortunately.
“The good thing is I’m surrounded by beautiful friends and family and an incredible medical support team. Honestly we have the best in the world here in Australia.
“It’s pretty confronting. It is a full on one. But new treatments keep coming down the pipeline all the time … I’ve just got to (laughs).
“What do you? What are you gonna do?
In the caption, Magda further revealed she is undergoing world-class health care in Melbourne and has asked fans to not approach her in public while her “immune system takes a hammering.” But she has asked fans to “wave enthusiastically from a safe distance and know I will love you madly.”
“Please keep a distance though because I will be very immuno-compromised. So as I can’t hug no more,” she said.
Magda accidentally discovered her diagnosis following a breast screening where the doctors found her lymph nodes were up.
More news about Magda’s cancer battle to come…
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