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Suzanne Rogers gives update on her health after revealing her diagnosis with cancer,
The 82-year-old actor, best known as Maggie Horton days of Our Liveswas diagnosed Last summer with stage two colorectal cancer.However, she said during an interview published last month that she had completely completed cancer treatment in July and was preparing to begin filming for the Peacock show she has been working on for 52 years.
Now, Rogers is sharing an update on her health, admitting that she’s “feeling much better.”
He said during an interview, “I mean, my summer was very hard. My cancer, the radiation, the removal, it was hard.” People Published on Monday. “But my hair didn’t fall out. I think I just lost my hair early.”
“I was in stage two, and it was a special kind of chemo that they gave me, it was pills and radiation, and it had no effect on it, so that was good,” she said, before confirming that she is now “in remission.”
Rogers is trying to get his energy back by taking it one step at a time.
She said, “Right now it’s about 70%. I’m basically letting things happen. I’m not letting anything happen.”
He also shared that since the diagnosis, his outlook towards everyday life has changed. “I don’t worry about small things,” the actor said. “It’s not worth it. I was hurrying here, and I said, ‘Wait a minute. You’re not going anywhere.'”
During an interview in October TV InsiderShe recalled noticing that something was “not quite right” this summer, prompting her to book an appointment with her doctor, who referred her for a colonoscopy.
When a surgeon saw her results, he ordered her to have an MRI, PET scan and biopsy. “And as soon as she said that, I knew it was something else,” Rogers told the publication. After another procedure, it was discovered that he had stage two colorectal cancer.
“He said, ‘You have cancer and you need to start treatment,'” Rogers recalled. “It was all a shock. I mean, I think I was in shock for days because I take pretty good care of myself. But he said, ‘It’s a good thing you caught it in time.'”
actor Treatment began in June, just days after completing the scenes. days of Our Lives. Treatment consisted of “radiation every day and chemo every day for six weeks”, which fortunately happened while the long-running program was in the middle of a six-week break. At that time, the show’s producers made sure to call her constantly to remind her that her job would be waiting for her when she returned.
After completing treatment on July 31, Rogers spent time preparing for his return to the set.
As days of Our Lives Production is currently 10 months ahead, with some time in 2026 when Rogers’ character will not be on screen.
New episodes of the longest-running soap-opera will be available to stream every morning on Peacock.