PR queen Roxy Jacenko has shared never-before-seen photos from her battle against breast cancer back in 2016 to raise awareness of the disease.
Roxy, who was diagnosed at just 36, endured a six-week radiation program before she underwent partial removal surgery.
In the images, Roxy can be seen holding her daughter Pixie’s hand while recovering in bed.
A number of the confronting photos show the incision marks on Roxy’s bare breasts.
‘October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so I thought I would share some unseen images from my experience in 2016,’ she began.
PR queen Roxy Jacenko has shared never-before-seen photos from her battle against breast cancer in order to raise awareness of the disease
‘Seems surreal and it’s a year I don’t really remember at all – it’s strange but it’s like a chapter I closed and don’t want to remember,’ she added.
Roxy went on to encourage her followers to be ‘vigilant’ and ‘dig deep’ in order to continue the much needed research.
In 2021, Roxy let fans know she was having her five year check-up.
Roxy, who was diagnosed at just 36, endured a six-week radiation program before she underwent partial removal surgery
A number of the confronting photos show the incision marks on Roxy’s bare breasts
‘Cancer seems so long ago for me – 5 years in fact! Today back at St Vincent’s Hospital making sure all is going well,’ she wrote.
She accompanied the caption with a photo of her bare feet poking out the end of a hospital bed.
After Roxy was diagnosed in 2016, she endured a six-week radiation program in August of that year before she underwent partial removal surgery.
The spirited star was seen giving the double peace sign in the hospital after the operation, writing: ‘Seems surreal and it’s a year I don’t really remember at all – it’s strange but it’s like a chapter I closed and don’t want to remember’
She told The Daily Telegraph at the time she had been forced to take the preventative cancer pills after her chances of relapsing were found to be high.
‘I did a test in the US which gives you a percentage [chance] of the cancer coming back and it was a bit higher than the oncologist would have liked,’ Roxy said, adding she will be taking the pills for the next decade.
‘I have a 10 to 15 per cent chance of it coming back.’
Roxy went on to encourage her followers to be ‘vigilant’ and ‘dig deep’ in order to continue the much needed research
Roxy was seen in private moments with daughter Pixie, who laid on the hospital bed alongside her famous mother. Pictured
The star also showed a homemade card and flowers in her room at the hospital
Roxy, who has a daughter, Pixie, nine, and a son, Hunter, six, was recently asked by a fan if she wants any more children.
She told the fan that due to having breast cancer, she is unable to have more children.
The Ministry of Talent founder had surgery and radiation treatment after being diagnosed in 2016.
She answered: ‘Hunty asks me often. As I had cancer I can’t. That said I am so grateful that I had Pixie and Hunty before that as they are my best friends and have been through more than many adults have in their short lives.’
Roxy shares Pixie and Hunter with husband Oliver Curtis, who she wed in 2012.
The star showed herself undergoing surgery, with it clear she wanted other women to get checked early. Pictured
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