Actress Magda Szubanski shared a health update from her hospital bed while she continues treatment for stage four cancer. The 64 year old, best known from Kath and Kim and the Babe movies, posted a video to thank a young fan who dressed up as her famous character Sharon Strzelecki for Book Week.
She said: “This is a special shout out to 10 year old Annabella in Adelaide. Thank you so much for your impression of Sharon Strzelecki. I’m in here having chemo and it really cheered me up. I’m really touched and that was a beautiful thing to do. Thank you my sweet. Lots of love to you.”
The Instagram post included a caption that read: “Chemo is smacking me around right now.” She was smiling in the video as she lay in her bed and spoke to the camera.
Szubanski first revealed her diagnosis back in May, saying she had been diagnosed with stage four mantle cell lymphoma. She said the disease was discovered “incidentally” after a breast screening showed swollen lymph nodes. She shared a video then where she had shaved her head “in anticipation of it all falling out in a couple of weeks.”
She explained: “It is one of the nasty ones, unfortunately. The good thing is I’m surrounded by beautiful friends, family and an incredible medical support team. Honestly, we have the best in the world here in Australia, particularly in Melbourne. I feel very fortunate.”
She added that “new treatments keep coming down the pipeline all the time.”
In her recent update she also reminded fans that her immune system is very weak right now. She said: “Please keep a distance though because I will be very immunocompromised. So I can’t hug no more. Don’t hug me, kiss me, or breathe anywhere near me! Wave enthusiastically from a safe distance and know I love you madly.”
