Actress and comedian Victoria Jackson, a former cast member of the hit sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” has revealed that she has less than three years to live after an inoperable tumor was discovered in her trachea. The “Half Nelson” star went on to note that she was prescribed a “magic pill,” which she said would hopefully shrink the tumor. “I looked up the pill on Google, and it says people who take this have 32.
6 months to live, something like that,” she explained, clarifying in the post’s caption that her projected lifespan was 34.8 months. “The people who took the placebo had 28 months to live.
And I think that’s great,” she said. “I mean, the Bible says we have three score and ten—that would be 70 years for a normal life.” Jackson—who shares daughter Scarlet with her ex-husband, film score composer Nisan Mark Eventoff, and daughter Aubrey with her current husband, former police officer Paul Wessel—expressed that she’s had “a fantastic life.
” However, the actress said there were still several milestones that she hopes to experience before dying. The actress wrote that her distressing health scare only strengthened her faith in God. “Cancer is a horrible word,” she penned.
“But, let me tell you, as a Jesus follower, this has strangely been a blessing to my family and made us much closer to each other and to God.” However, earlier this summer, Jackson took to Instagram to share that she believed her cancer had come back. In a video posted on July 19, the actress revealed that she had been dealing with a persistent cough since contracting COVID-19 a year prior, leading her to seek advice from a medical professional.
After undergoing a CT scan, Jackson’s doctor discovered a swollen node in her trachea, a U-shaped hollow tube linking the voice box to the lungs. “When I got breast cancer 9 years ago and got my breasts cut off ..
. they found some cancer in my lymph nodes under my arm, so they took these all out,” Jackson explained. “Maybe the cancer went to my lungs’ lymph node.
Maybe we’re gonna be on a very not fun journey this year, I don’t know yet.” On Aug. 1, Jackson uploaded a video on Instagram alongside the caption: “It’s cancer! Back from 9 years ago!” “Malignant cells present,” she read from her computer screen, adding: “I think that means cancer.
” “Had it before, been through it before. Jesus walked me through it,” she said. “Here we go again.
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