Baywatch star Nicole Eggert, 52, reveals more cancer has been found in her lymph nodes amid battle with ‘very rare’ form of breast cancer – and says she ‘kicks herself’ over not doing self-checks

Nicole Eggert has revealed more cancer was found in her lymph nodes during her battle with a ‘very rare’ form of breast cancer.

The Baywatch star, 52, who first revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2023, told Inside Edition that she had just learned that doctors had discovered more diseases while she was undergoing treatment for stage 2 breast cancer.

Eggert said she is “deluding herself” for not checking her breasts regularly and that tissues from her breast implants, which she got at age 19, made it harder to detect any abnormalities in her breast.

The star stated that after gaining about 25 pounds and feeling pain in her left breast beginning in October, she underwent a mammogram and three biopsies — which resulted in a diagnosis of stage 2 cribriform carcinoma of breast cancer.

She said: ‘When I felt it, my heart dropped and I thought, oh my God. No one could take me, so I walked into every breast care center. It’s horrifying because every day and every minute that passes, you know it’s growing.

The star most notably played the role of Roberta “Summer” Quinn on the hit series Baywatch for its third and fourth seasons; seen with Pamela Anderson (right) in 1992

Just a month later, a mammogram finally confirmed her fears: Eggert had stage 2 breast cancer.

She said: ‘My heart sank, I lost all my hearing, everything sank. It’s called invasive cribriform carcinoma. It’s very rare.’

‘The self-exams, I tell you, I’m kicking myself. That’s the only thing I should have done’

However, she says the tissue of her breast implants made self-exams difficult, saying: ‘If I didn’t have them and I had my smaller, natural breasts, I’m sure I would have felt it much sooner’ – before naming it branded. implants a ‘big mistake’.

Eggert — a mother of two daughters — told People in December, “This journey has been hard for me.”

“This has not been a light-hearted journey through life,” the actress said, adding that she has focused on positivity. “I always read inspiring quotes and corny things, but I get through it.”

Nicole revealed that her next steps include surgery to remove the cancer, as well as undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. The star added that it is currently unclear whether the cancer has spread.

As for the lump, she explained, “I can definitely feel it. It’s there. It needs to be taken out. So it’s just a matter of do I need to do treatment before the surgery or can they do the surgery and then I do the treatment afterward.”

Eggert was candid about the difficulty of waiting, saying, “I’m panicking where I am, just get this out of me.”

‘You sit there and it’s in you and you think: every second that passes, it’s in me. It grows, and you just want it gone.”

Nicole is mum to daughters Dilyn, 25, and Keegan, 12, and admitted her ‘biggest fear’ is no longer for her children.

Eggert revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer last month in December and admitted the ‘journey has been tough for me’

“This has not been a light-hearted journey through life,” the actress said, adding that she has focused on positivity. ‘I always read inspiring quotes and corny things, but I get through it’; seen in 2017

She explained that while Dilyn is “grown,” the actress also “has a 12-year-old at home and I am the sole caregiver. I have no family. I do not have anything.’

The Blown Away actress recalled the moment she told her children about her breast cancer diagnosis, remembering “the horror” on Keegan’s face.

‘It immediately made me realize: you simply cannot give in to this. This is something I have to go through. This is something I have to beat. She needs me more than anything.”

The star – who is a single mother – told People that things haven’t been easy financially.

“My fear is that my daily hustle, everything I do to keep things going, will come to a grinding halt if I’m not feeling well or sick or in the hospital or whatever is going on. ‘

Nicole continued, “It’s so overwhelming, and I’m doing everything I can to keep the spiral from happening.”

“When I lie down at night, I panic because I think, ‘Well, who’s going to pay all the bills? Who’s going to do all this?'”

Eggert’s good friend, Mindy Molinary, has one GoFundMe for Nicole to help the star with finances as her health battle begins.

Nicole is mother to daughters Dilyn, 25, and Keegan, 12, and admitted her ‘biggest fear’ is no longer for her children; seen in 2000 in Santa Monica

The actress shared a link to the page on her social media accounts including Instagram.

In the caption next to a photo of her with her two daughters, she wrote, “Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult.”

“If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can endure hardship today. – Thich Nhat Hnah. Link in bio- Please read and share.’

She was also grateful for her friend’s help while speaking to the publication, revealing that she has plans to start a nonprofit after her recovery.

‘I absolutely 100% want to start a non-profit organization for other single parents like me, who have no family, no one to turn to.’

“They take all this on themselves because they love their children so much, but if something happens to them, what then?” Nicole added.

Real Housewives alum Bethenny Frankel shared a screenshot of the GoFundMe page to her Instagram Stories and wrote, “As a mom, this breaks my heart…”

‘I donated to this cause. As someone without parental support, it was scary to be there alone. Being responsible for girls and being afraid of not having a roof over their heads, let alone not being there for them, is terrifying.”

‘Then it’s all terrible not to have any earning capacity. Spread the word. Make a small donation,” she informed her followers, adding that people close to her also matched her donation.

Eggert’s close friend, Mindy Molinary, has set up a GoFundMe for Nicole to help the star with finances as her health battle begins

She thanked her friend for the help and revealed that she plans to start a non-profit organization after her recovery

Real Housewives alum Bethenny Frankel shared a screenshot of the page and wrote, “As a mom, this breaks my heart…”

‘The name of this game is ‘pay it forward’. I don’t even know her, but right now my heart breaks for her and those little girls…Xoxo.”

After dealing with financial problems in the past, such as filing for bankruptcy for the third time in 2013, the star notably started a new venture in 2014 by becoming a driver for her own ice cream truck.

Nicole most notably played the role of Roberta “Summer” Quinn on the hit series Baywatch for its third and fourth seasons.

She also starred in Charles In Charge from 1987 to 1990, playing the character of Jamie Powell.