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SNL Alum Victoria Jackson Has Inoperable Tumor Amid Cancer Battle

2024-08-17 12:15:02

Saturday Night Live alum Victoria Jackson has revealed that doctors found an inoperable tumor in her windpipe amid her battle with cancer.

The actress-comedian confirmed on Wednesday in a new video for her “Is the Cancer Back?” Instagram series that her cancer had returned. She also estimated that she has roughly three years to live.

“[Doctors] cannot operate and cut out the marble in my chest that is laying on my windpipe, and eventually would suffocate me to death,” Jackson explained in the lengthy video.

As for her course of treatment, she said her healthcare providers were going to give her a “magic pill.” “It’s going to be delivered to my front door within the next 12 hours,” she added. “It’s based on Ribociclib, and it will shrink the marble, hopefully.” Ribociclib aims to slow or stop the growth of the cancer.

After researching the treatment’s life expectancy, Jackson said she learned that patients who take the medicine typically have “32.6 months to live — something like that.”

While the Best Years Gone actress remained positive amid her battle, saying, “I’ve had a fantastic life,” she added in the footage, “You know, we’re all dying but when you kinda see in print, you have 32.6 months, it makes you think, ya know? But I wouldn’t change anything.”

She also noted that there were a few things in life that she would like to see while there’s still time. “I’d like to see my grandson born — his name is Jimmy — in October and get to know [him] a little and I would like to see my daughter Aubrey have a baby,” the comedian said.

Jackson, who first revealed her breast cancer diagnosis in 2016, was a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1986 to 1992. She frequently appeared on “Weekend Update,” and was most known for her impersonations of Roseanne Barr, Sally Struthers and Zsa Zsa Gabor.

Earlier this week, she shared on social media that she was getting a CT scan to check if breast cancer cells had spread.

The Ocean Ave. actress added in the caption for Wednesday’s Instagram video, “Cancer Update: I have 34.8 months to live if I don’t get hit by a meteor, shot by a MAGA hater, get Covid again or WWIII breaks out.”

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