Dawson’s Creek star Busy Philipps has revealed she has been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor.
The actress, 47, was diagnosed in February after undergoing a full-body MRI scan the day after her co-star James Van Der Beek’s death from colon cancer.
She underwent surgery in early March, just weeks before she started filming her new show Cupertino, and admitted: “I’m grateful to be alive,” adding that it’s been “the weirdest six months of my life.”
Druk said she had no symptoms from the grade 2 oligodendroglioma, a rare, slow-growing tumor found in only 1,100 to 1,300 people per year in the U.S.
The lesion was only discovered after she was inspired to undergo the MRI scan, which was more than checked 500 conditions, after reading about it on Instagram.
Speak with People magazine Regarding her health concerns, Busy explained what her scan was like initially scheduled for January, but a snowstorm forced her to move the appointment to February 12, the day after her boyfriend James died.
Dawson’s Creek star Busy Philipps has revealed she has been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor
The 47-year-old actress was diagnosed in February after undergoing a full-body MRI scan the day after her co-star Janes Van Der Beek’s death from colon cancer.
In conversation with her ex-husband and close friend, filmmaker Marc Silverstein, she considered canceling the scan due to her grief for James and a busy work period.
But Marc told her that James would want her to learn more about her health. ‘He said, ‘Maybe this is the best thing you can do for your friend this morning. Go get that scan.’
The scan showed a lesion in her brain, but fortunately glioblastoma, an aggressive cancerous tumor with no cure, was quickly ruled out.
A month later she underwent a five-hour procedure to remove the 2.6 centimeter tumor, with Marc supporting her in hospital.
