Nicole Eggert has revealed she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Eggert, known for acting roles in hit TV series such as “Who’s the Boss?” and “Baywatch,” told PEOPLE she is battling stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer.
“The journey’s been rough for me,” Eggert told the publication. “I always read inspirational quotes and corny stuff, but it gets me through.”
Eggert went on to detail how the painful lump on her left breast is constantly on her mind. She said it was found from self-examination.
“I can definitely feel it,” she said. “It’s there. It needs to be taken out. So it’s just a matter of do I have to do treatment before the surgery or can they perform the surgery and then I do the treatment after.”
The actor said it took a while before a medical professional was able to confirm her self-diagnosis.
"I immediately went to my general practitioner and she told me I had to immediately go get it looked at," she said. "But the problem was I just couldn't get an appointment. Everything was booked. So I had to wait until the end of November to get it done."
Eggert explained how she worries about any forthcoming treatment affecting her day-to-day life and the parenting of her two children.
“It’s just so overwhelming, and I’m just doing everything I can not to spiral. At night when I lay down, I panic because I’m like, well, who’s going to cover all the bills? Who’s going to do all of this?” she said.
While uneasy about the future, Eggert says she loves the support system around her and is figuring out ways to help other parents in her situation who may not be as fortunate.