Jane Fonda reflects on her difficult chemotherapy journey.
“I realized for the first time that what I was going through was normal. “Because the type of chemotherapy I was receiving at first wasn’t too unpleasant, “she noted, it got more taxing as time went on.
“I often think about my mortality. “I have for the past 30 years,” Fonda told ET. “I believe it is beneficial. It is difficult to live properly if one does not contemplate mortality. It’s a part of life.”
“Other cultures aren’t as afraid of thinking about death as we are,” she stated.
Fonda posted a photo of herself at a climate protest in Washington, D.C., along with a statement on Instagram declaring that her cancer was in remission.
The Oscar winner revealed that some of her treatments were “difficult.” Still, she recovered in time to travel to Washington, D.C., to do “some lobbying” and speak about climate change at the Democracy Alliance.
She claimed that the effects “wore off” when she arrived in Washington, D.C., for the first actual, in-person Fire Drill Fridays rally. Every week, she organizes a demonstration called Fire Drill Fridays to raise awareness about climate change.
“So, my dear friends, I’d want to share something personal with you. “My non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis and chemotherapy treatments have started,” she began sharing on Instagram. “This cancer is incredibly treatable. “I consider myself extremely fortunate because just 80% of individuals survive.”
She used her condition as a rallying cry for action during what she called “the most critical time in human history” while admitting that she is “privileged” to afford high-quality healthcare while many others cannot.
I’m using every tool in my toolbox, and a large part of that is expanding the Fire Drill Fridays group and brainstorming new methods to use our collective power to influence change.”