Rita Wilson is honoring a major health milestone.
“Hi. Just wanted to say today is a celebration for me. March 31 marks 10 years of being cancer-free. 10 years and I’m so deeply grateful. I’m so thankful to my doctors, to my friends, to my family that the gratitude is overwhelming,” Wilson, 68, said in an Instagram video on Monday, March 31.
She continued with a message for those fighting the disease. “Didn’t always feel this way, and you know that. Anybody who’s going through or survived knows that it’s an up and down like a hamster wheel,” she said. “But then you get to this point. I don’t talk that much, but I think it’s important to celebrate good news. I am thinking of anybody out there who might be going through some difficulties and you are in my thoughts and prayers. Anyways, God Bless you all. Bye.”
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Wilson captioned the upload, “Thank you, God. Thank you, docs. Thank you to those I love. Ten Years.”
Wilson, who tied the knot with husband Tom Hanks in 1988, shared in April 2015 that she underwent a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction after being diagnosed with invasive lobular carcinoma at age 58.
“Last week, with my husband by my side, and with the love and support of family and friends, I underwent a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction for breast cancer after a diagnosis of invasive lobular carcinoma,” Wilson said in a statement to Us Weekly at the time. “I am recovering and most importantly, expected to make a full recovery. Why? Because I caught this early, have excellent doctors and because I got a second opinion.”
She continued, “I have had an underlying condition of LCIS, (lobular carcinoma in situ) which has been vigilantly monitored through yearly mammograms and breast MRIs. Recently, after two surgical breast biopsies, PLCIS (pleomorphic carcinoma in situ) was discovered. I mention this because there is much unknown about PLCIS and it is often found alongside DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ). I was relieved when the pathology showed no cancer. However, a friend who had had breast cancer suggested I get a second opinion on my pathology and my gut told me that was the thing to do.”
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Wilson explained that a different pathologist found invasive lobular carcinoma. “His diagnosis of cancer was confirmed by, yet, another pathologist. I share this to educate others that a second opinion is critical to your health,” she said. “You have nothing to lose if both opinions match up for the good, and everything to gain if something that was missed is found, which does happen. Early diagnosis is key.”
Two years later, Wilson reflected on her diagnosis. “We often assume that once you have had the surgery and treatment, you are fine. And hopefully you are,” she wrote in a September 2017 essay for Harper’s Bazaar. “But I found that there were unexpected things that came along with having gone through something as frightening as having had cancer that I only heard about from my friends who’d had cancer too.”
Us Weekly
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