wife Australian Football League Star Jeremy Finlayson has given a devastating update on his battle with… Chronic cancer.
Kelly Finlayson – American actress Angelina Jolie, who was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer in 2021, revealed on Tuesday that the cancer is growing and she may need to undergo another round of chemotherapy.
The 28-year-old documented her visit to her oncologist after new tests showed the disease was no longer stable.
“So, it’s not great news, but it’s not the worst news either, I think,” Ms. Finlayson said. TikTok video.
“Unfortunately, when it comes to cancer, especially recurrent cancer, it grows very quickly.
“Once we see no more than a millimeter of growth on the scan over a few months, we know that means it’s growing and that means we need to take action on it.”
The mother of one revealed that her doctor told her she would need to act immediately to help manage the growth of the cancer.
“So, usually I come out of a meeting with my oncologist and he says we’re happy to watch and wait. But that’s not the case today,” she said.
“I’m going to see a surgeon next week and a radiation therapist as well, just to get all my options before I start chemo again.
“I think I’m one of the lucky ones because we know that chemotherapy works really well for me… but any chemotherapy is bad and not what I want to do.”
Although chemotherapy helped stop the spread of the disease, Ms Finlayson said a “complete cure is unlikely” because the cancer is in stage four.
The mother has been candid about her struggle with the terrible disease and its side effects.
In March last year, Ms Finlayson said she was struggling with the fact that she might not be able to have another child.
“I went into early menopause,” she said in March of last year. “I don’t know if I can recover from it.”
“That was honestly my biggest struggle, knowing that I might not give Sophia any siblings, which was really hard. We always planned on having a big family.
“It’s something I’ve always wanted. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever taken out of all the pills I’ve taken in the past eighteen months.”