Olivia Munn shares her emotional reaction to her double mastectomy and explains how seeing her body for the first time after surgery was a “shock to me.” [her] system.”
Munn said in a new interview that while her doctors assured her she looked “fantastic” at her post-op checkup, she had “a very difficult time” when she saw the aftermath of the 10-hour operation.
“I remember just looking in the mirror with him and not feeling any emotion, just taking in what he was saying,” she told People. “When I got home, I stripped naked and looked in the mirror again, and that's when I completely broke down. I just thought, 'Oh my God, this is what I look like and I don't want to look at myself right now,' and that was really hard.”
In his first time speaking publicly about his diagnosis, surgeries and recovery since announced the diagnosis In March, Munn said he first opted for tissue expanders instead of immediate reconstructive surgery. Months later, she underwent reconstructive work that she says helped her feel more comfortable with her body.
“It's a lot better, but it's not the same, and that's okay because I'm here,” he said. “And I'm okay with that now.”
To reduce the risk of the cancer returning, Munn began hormone suppression therapy in November, which led to medically induced menopause. Munn said that despite the physically and emotionally difficult aspects of recovery, she feels “extremely grateful” to be cancer-free.
“The Newsroom” star said her diagnosis came shortly after she overcame a period of postpartum anxiety, which she described as “100” on a scale of 1 to 10 after She had his son, Malcolm.with his partner, comedian John Mulaney. She said that right after her anxiety symptoms went away, she was diagnosed with cancer.
“I haven't really felt like I'm back in the body I knew before,” she said. “But that's fine with me, it really is. “I feel so happy to have gotten through this, that if I have some scars and dents and swimsuits fit differently now, that's okay, and I'm proud of myself for what I went through.”
For Munn, sharing her diagnosis and the private details of her recovery experience has been “healing.” She is embracing her role as an advocate for frequent breast cancer screening and increased awareness.
“I hope that by telling this story more women learn about the free online test that saved my life, the Tyrer-Cuzick score,” he wrote on Wednesday in his instagram History. She also shares her experience of learning to accept her scars (she calls them her “battle wounds”) and to feel comfortable with her body again in the hopes that it will help other breast cancer survivors.
“It is a very deep journey to discover how much strength and resilience I have. It’s more than I thought I had,” he told People. “I feel much more comfortable in my skin, although it looks very different now.”
