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Suzanne Rogers, better known as Maggie Horton But days of Our Liveshas revealed that she was Diagnosed with cancer In summer.
in an interview with TV Insider Published on Thursday, Rogers said she is preparing to return Peacock Show He has spent 52 years after treatment.
She recalled the first time she received her diagnosis. publication She noticed something “wasn’t quite right” and immediately booked 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 he said that I knew it was something else,” Rogers said.
After another procedure he was diagnosed with 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.
“It was radiation every day and chemo every day for six weeks, and it was hard,” she said. “It was hard knowing you had to do it five days a week, and then you had to take Saturday and Sunday off. I thoroughly enjoyed my weekends because I didn’t have to go and see any doctors. I was so tired of seeing doctors.”
Luckily, the show was in the middle of a six-week break as she began cancer treatment. Without family in the Los Angeles area to provide physical support, she relied largely on her co-stars for help, including Lynsey Godfrey, who played her daughter on the show and is herself a cancer survivor.
The show’s producers made sure to call her constantly to remind her that her job would be waiting for her when she returned.
Rogers completed cancer treatment on July 31 as she prepares to return to the set after her break.
“I’m feeling really good,” she said. TV Insider“I’ll be back at work next week, so we’ll see how it goes. Now, whenever I get a script I feel the same anxious way I do, because I want to do my best, and you don’t want to hold anyone back. So that’s the only anxiety I feel. It’s not because of my illness, let’s put it this way.”
As days of Our Lives Production is currently 10 months ahead, with some time in 2026 when Rogers’ character will not be on screen.
days of Our Lives Available to stream on Peacock.