Olivia Munn has undergone a “full hysterectomy” as part of her fight against cancer, just two months after revealing she had a double mastectomy.
The actress said she underwent the fifth surgery in her battle with breast cancer last month, in a bid to get a better view of her two-year-old son’s childhood.
“I have now had a complete hysterectomy. I had my uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries removed,” Munn, 43, told Vogue in a Mother’s Day profile.
“Having a complete hysterectomy was a big decision to make, but it was the best decision for me because I had to be there for my family.”
Newsroom star Olivia Munn gave Mother’s Day update on her battle with breast cancer
The 43-year-old revealed she had undergone her fifth major surgery since being diagnosed with Luminal B cancer in both breasts in April last year.
“Having a complete hysterectomy was a big decision to make, but it was the best decision for me because I had to be there for my family,” she said.
The Newsroom star, who is married to comedian John Mulaney, said she made the decision after being given the choice between having a hysterectomy and taking anti-hormone drugs which would have left her bedridden.
“I had a real moment of panic,” she said.
“A real breakdown. Because it’s so strange when you’ve been with this body your whole life, you’ve had your period for so long, you can feel when you’re ovulating and all of a sudden it’s gone.
A hysterectomy is a surgical procedure to remove a woman’s uterus to treat various health problems.
In some cases, doctors may suggest a hysterectomy as a preventative measure if a woman has significant warning signs or early signs of developing one or more of these conditions.
If necessary, surgeons may also remove the ovaries and fallopian tubes, if these have also been damaged or are at serious risk of being damaged.
Munn was diagnosed in April last year, just two months after she and her sister Sara tested negative following a genetic analysis looking for 90 genes associated with cancer.
“We called each other and congratulated each other on the phone. The same winter, I also had a negative mammogram,” she revealed in March this year.
“Two months later, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” she revealed.
“The biopsy showed that I had Luminal B cancer in both breasts. Luminal B is an aggressive, fast-growing cancer.
“Thirty days after this biopsy, I had a double mastectomy. One day I felt perfectly fine and the next day I woke up in a hospital bed after a 10-hour surgery.
Olivia, attended the Oscars in March alongside John Mulaney who she has been dating since 2021
The couple are parents to a two-year-old son, Malcolm Hiệp Mulaney.
She revealed her cancer diagnosis in March, saying she had “learned more about cancer, cancer treatment and hormones than I could have ever imagined.”
She revealed last week that a sprained ankle added another irritant to her battle with cancer.
“In the last ten months I’ve had four surgeries, so many days in bed I can’t even count and I’ve learned more about cancer, cancer treatment and hormones than I ever knew. I could never have imagined.”
She and Mulaney, 41, were able to create two “healthy embryos” after her latest round of egg retrievals, although the hysterectomy means she will no longer be able to bear children.
“It’s interesting because my 33-year-old eggs were excellent.” My 39 year old eggs? None of them worked,” she said.
“As you get older, one month may have good eggs, the other not so much. Clearly, the month we did at 39 was not a good month.
“After my diagnosis, we decided to try another round of egg retrievals hoping it would be a good month. “John and I talked about it a lot and we don’t feel like we’re done growing our family, but we didn’t know if I should do chemotherapy or radiation.”
The former Daily Show correspondent was left standing just weeks after her last surgery before spraining her ankle, she revealed on Instagram last week.
She shared a brief video of herself wearing light blue shorts and a matching shirt, with a black brace on her left ankle.
The video – themed Curb Your Enthusiasm – shows her zooming in on her ankle, initially teasing that she suffered the injury in a much more serious way.
“I sprained my ankle jumping out of a plane today. And by plane, I mean, I tripped in a CVS parking lot,” she told her followers.
Munn, who shares son Malcolm, 2, with Mulaney, said she worries about the impact his illness will have on her family.
“I had friends who tried to cheer me up by saying, ‘Malcolm won’t remember this.’ Don’t worry,” she said.
“But I kept thinking, ‘I’m going to remember this, that I missed all these things.’
“It’s her childhood, but it’s my motherhood, and I don’t want to miss any of those parts if I don’t have to.”
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