Tag: Alicia Witt

  • Alicia Witt gets a pleasant surprise at her post-mastectomy checkup

    Alicia Witt gets a pleasant surprise at her post-mastectomy checkup

    Hallmark star and breast cancer survivor Alicia Witt got a pleasant surprise recently while waiting to see her doctor.

    “didn’t expect to see one of my favorite movies i’ve ever been a part of while i waited for my post-mastectomy checkup,” wrote the actress, author, and musician in an Instagram post.

    On the wall, a television was showing her 2013 Hallmark movie A Very Merry Mix.

    “What a Godwink,” wrote fellow Hallmark star Nikki De Loach in the comments section.

    Alicia Witt

    The actress revealed earlier this year that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She underwent a unilateral mastectomy following six rounds of chemotherapy at the end of 2021. She kept the news to herself until after she finished treatment, even though she was in the public eye following the death of her parents in their Massachusetts home in December.

    “i did not want to share this journey until i received the good news,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “i needed to spend every bit of my energy focused on healing. a handful of closest soul companions were my confidantes, my lifeline and my refuge. as i’ve told them — i have no idea how i would have made it through without them.”

    She called the experience a blessing.

    “These last six months have been the absolute strangest i could ever have imagined,” she wrote. “And amidst this, the biggest of blessings.”

    Alicia Witt reveals breast cancer diagnosis on Instagram
    (Image: @aliciawitty/Instagram)

    Breast cancer diagnosis

    According to Witt, in the fall of 2021 doctors removed a lump from her breast and performed a biopsy.

    “A lump i was told by multiple practitioners, including the one who performed my biopsy, was ‘likely’ nothing to worry about — more on that, and the anomalies we need to look out for, in a later post,” she wrote.

    On November 4, she received a call from her doctor.

    “Everything else came to a grinding halt as i began a crash course on all i would need to learn,” she said.

    Alicia Witt and Mark Wiebe in the 2013 Hallmark Christmas movie A Very Merry Mix-Up.
    A Very Merry Mix-Up (Image: Hallmark Media)

    A pleasant surprise

    In her most recent Instagram post, Witt said she is still cancer free.

    “all is 100% well by the way – thank you god!” she wrote.

    Having one of her favorite Hallmark movies on the TV while she waited was a happy coincidence.

    A classically trained pianist, Alicia Witt made her onscreen debut in the 1984 movie Dune. She went on to star in the CBS series Cybill and had parts on The Sopranos, Friday Night Lights, and The Walking Dead. She has made several movies for the Hallmark Channel, including Christmas at Cartwright’s (2014), and Christmas Tree Lane (2020).

    In A Very Merry Mix-Up, which premiered in 2013, she co-starred with Mark Wiebe and Lawrence Dane.

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  • Alicia Witt reveals breast cancer diagnosis

    Alicia Witt reveals breast cancer diagnosis

    Hallmark star Alicia Witt shared the news on social media that she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The 46-year-old actress, author, and musician said she recently underwent a unilateral mastectomy, following six rounds of chemotherapy at the end of 2021.

    The news was a surprise, as Witt was in the public eye during her treatment. In December, her parents were discovered dead in their Massachusetts home. Despite making statements on social media about their death, Witt never mentioned her cancer diagnosis.

    “i did not want to share this journey until i received the good news,” she wrote in an Instagram post. “i needed to spend every bit of my energy focused on healing. a handful of closest soul companions were my confidantes, my lifeline and my refuge. as i’ve told them — i have no idea how i would have made it through without them.”

    In an Instagram post, Witt called the experience a blessing.

    “These last six months have been the absolute strangest i could ever have imagined,” she wrote. “And amidst this, the biggest of blessings.”

    Alicia Witt in the Hallmark movie Christmas Tree Lane
    Christmas Tree Lane (Image: Hallmark Media)

    Alicia Witt reveals breast cancer diagnosis

    According to Witt, last fall doctors removed a lump from her breast and performed a biopsy.

    “A lump i was told by multiple practitioners, including the one who performed my biopsy, was ‘likely’ nothing to worry about — more on that, and the anomalies we need to look out for, in a later post,” she wrote.

    On November 4, she received a call from her doctor.

    “Everything else came to a grinding halt as i began a crash course on all i would need to learn,” she said.

    She began chemotherapy on December 1, then had a unilateral mastectomy. According to her post, there is no trace of the disease left.

    Great-grandmother Loretta

    Witt shared that her great-grandmother died from breast cancer.

    “thinking of my grandma loretta, my dad’s mom, who did not survive her diagnosis, leaving me just one beautiful memory of her beaming her beautiful smile at me when i was 3. thinking, based on what i know of her experience (although this is not yet proven to be a genetic form) she likely had the same type. feeling angels all around. grateful beyond grateful for science and research.”

    Friends of the actress wrote supportive comments on her post.

    “You are a warrior and will help so many by sharing your story. I’m sending you all my love,” wrote Lacey Chabert.

    Lacey Chabert offers her support to Alicia Witt on Instagram

    About Witt

    A classically trained pianist, Alicia Witt made her onscreen debut in the 1984 movie Dune. She went on to star in the CBS series Cybill and had parts on The Sopranos, Friday Night Lights, and The Walking Dead. She has made several movies for the Hallmark Channel, including A Very Merry Mix-Up (2013), Christmas at Cartwright’s (2014), and Christmas Tree Lane (2020).

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