“Crown” star Olivia Williams reveals that she will never be cancer -free because of incorrect diagnoses

• The crown Actress Olivia Williams opened about her cancer diagnosis 2018 in an interview published in The times April 19
• Williams revealed that she was misdiagnosed for four years until a doctor discovered a tumor on the pancreas, at which time cancer had already spread
• The actress, 56, is now pushing for available methods for early discovery so that others do not go through what she experiences

Olivia Williams revealed that she will never be “cancer-free”-and she said that years of incorrect diagnoses are the obligation.

The crown actress Opened about his four -year health testerium, resulting in a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer in 2018 when she was 46 years old, in an interview with the UK The times Published on Saturday, April 19.

Williams, now 56, found that she experienced aching limbs, fatigue and chronic diarrhea for several years – and had visited 10 doctors in three different countries in a search for answers. She told the outlet that she had been wrong with everything from lupus to IBS to perimenopause until a doctor in Los Angeles discovered a vipoma, a rare tumor, on her pancreas.

“If someone had f —— well diagnosed me in the four years i been saying i was ill, when they told me i was menopausal or had irritable bowel syndrome or (was) crazy-in used that word advished me for a doctoral. Operation Possible Could have cleared the whole thing and I could describe myself as cancer-free, which in Cannot now ever be, “SHE TOLD The times.

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The Sixth The actress explained that when the doctors removed the tumor, it had already spread to her liver, “which, as everyone involved in cancer life knows, is the worst news.”

Williams added that she is now being “zapped by microwave sablation” to treat recurring metastatic cancer cells in her body. “We’ve played whack-a-mole every time they show up,” she said.

“I go in like a puppy with this optimistic, bright face and then they give me bad news,” she told the outlet while telling her regular checks.

She continued: “And it’s like, oh my good, I fell for it again. They have found new metastases pretty well either just before Christmas or in the middle of a summer vacation. Then, for three years in a row, they started to appear too close to large blood vessels to zap. So it was a period when we just sat and looked at them grow, which is a horrible feeling.”

But Ruschmore The actress says she is not looking for sympathy; Instead, she pushes the development of a “cheap, early test” to Discover pancreatic cancer So others do not go through what she experiences.

“The average time from diagnosis to death (for pancreas cancer is three months – and that figure has not improved in 50 years,” she explained. “It takes an average person with my cancer 11 visits in the general practitioner to be diagnosed. For me it was probably about 21 times.”

“Because it is so fast and so shocking, people tend to compare someone to this cancer to lose them in a car accident,” she continued. “What can change that is early discovery with a test that can be as simple as inhaling into a bag on your doctor. We are extremely close, we just need to get it across the line.”

Williams is currently supporting London Marathon’s Charity of the Year, Pancreatic cancer UK to help generate funding for the cause.

As for her daily day, the actress shared that she is trying to stay as busy as possible with the work between treatments. A mother of two daughters, ages 20 and 17, also shared Williams that she tries to maintain gratitude for her body – and Do hot yoga whenever possible.

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“You have to stand in the sweaty room and look at yourself in a mirror for an hour and a half,” she told the outlet.

“Of course I see all these signs of aging and bad life and think how much better I could see if I don’t eat so many chips and drink so much wine. But I also see in awe of my body – I think, what you have gone through and you can still put your foot over your head. You can still go and eat. It’s a miracle.”