"Boy Meets World" alum Danielle Fishel shared a health update amid her cancer battle.
Speaking during an episode of her "Pod Meets World" podcast, the actor revealed that she has completed "active cancer treatment" following her August diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a noninvasive form of breast cancer.
"I am officially done with radiation, which means I am officially done with what is considered active cancer treatment," Fishel, 43, told her co-hosts, "Boy Meets World" stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong, according to CNN.
Fishel explained that her treatment did not include surgery or chemotherapy, aside from radiation. She will now start taking Tamoxifen, a drug known to help prevent breast cancer recurrence.
She underwent 15 rounds of whole breast radiation and five of targeted radiation, which she found "relatively easy." However, Fishel said she is now dealing with some physical side effects, such as a "very bad sunburn," an itchy rash, trouble sleeping, and extreme fatigue.
"It hurts to live right now, but you know what? It's not going to last forever," she said, noting that, according to doctors, she should start feeling better within two to three months.
Fishel noted that her doctors recommended regular exercise and staying hydrated to help her "feel better faster" — advice she is following to "get rid of all the damage that the radiation did."
Fishel rose to prominence as Topanga Lawrence on the popular '90s sitcom "Boy Meets World," starring alongside Ben Savage and her "Pod Meets World" co-hosts, Friedle and Strong. She later reprised the role in the 2014-2017 spinoff "Girl Meets World."
The mother of two, who is married to producer Jensen Karp, first revealed that she had breast cancer in August, saying that while she initially planned to "suffer in silence" and "suck it up," she chose to speak out about her battle for awareness.
"I've had to make a lot of decisions over the last couple of days," she said at the time on the "Pod Meets World" podcast, according to Variety.
The actor explained that she only planned to tell her immediate family and close friends, then go public once she'd beaten the cancer, but changed her mind after reading content from author Glennon Doyle, who said women should share their stories amid their battles and not only after they are out of the experience.
"They found it so, so, so early that I'm going to be fine. So I want to share this because I hope that it will encourage anyone to get in there," Fishel continued. "If it's time for your appointment, if you've never had an appointment before, get in there. If you have to find out that you have cancer, find out when it's at stage 0, if possible."
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