„Days of Our Lives“ star Suzanne Rogers opens up about her stage II colorectal cancer diagnosis and treatment journey after 52 years playing Maggie Horton.
Soap opera actress Suzanne Rogers revealed this week that she has been diagnosed with cancer.
The „Days of Our Lives“ actress, who has played Maggie Horton on the show for 52 years, told TV Insider that she was diagnosed with Stage II colorectal cancer after she felt something „wasn’t quite right.“
The 82-year-old said that she regularly gets colonoscopies, but her doctor ordered another one.
„He said, ‘I want you to have an MRI and I want you to have a PET scan and I’m going to do a biopsy,’“ she said her doctor told her. „And the minute he said that I knew that it was something more.“
She said after she went in for another procedure, her doctor told her: „‚You have cancer and you have to start treatment.‘ It was all a shock. I mean, I think I was in a shock for several days because I take pretty good care of myself. But he said, ‚It’s a good thing you caught it in time.'“
She began treatment three days after wrapping the season of „Days of Our Lives“ in June.
„It was radiation every day and chemo every day for six weeks, and it was tough“, she admitted. „It was tough knowing you had to do it five days a week, and then you had off Saturday and Sunday. I thoroughly enjoyed my weekends because I didn’t have to go to and see a doctor. I was so tired of seeing doctors.“
Rogers said she was grateful for the show’s six-week hiatus over the summer because she didn’t have to go public with her diagnosis while she was undergoing treatment.
