Amanda Peet opened up about her silent battle with breast cancer last fall, while dealing with both her parents being in hospice care.
The 54-year-old actress shared her experience in the New Yorker, recounting how upsetting it all was.
Amanda discovered she had cancer after a routine scan revealed something unusual.
“For many years, I was told that I had ‘dense’ and ‘busy’ breasts…they need extra monitoring,” Peet wrote.
A biopsy confirmed a small stage 1 tumor, hormone receptor positive and HER2 negative.
A second lump turned out to be harmless, so she only needed a lumpectomy and radiation.
At the same time, the star’s parents were both hospitalized on different coasts while she flew to New York and viewed her father’s body after his death, then returned to Los Angeles to be with her mother during her final days.
THE Your friends and neighbors The star described her connection with her mother, sharing wordless moments before her passing.
Peet, who is married to David Benioff and has three children, shared that the experience was emotionally difficult, but also gave her a new perspective on life.
She described the mix of fear, grief and hope she felt in the face of cancer and the loss of her parents.
Amanda’s story shows her courage and the strength she found during this incredibly difficult time.
