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Mindy Cohn Reveals Private Cancer Fight, Shares Hospital Photo

The Facts of Life star signals a brief recovery window before resuming work.

Overview

  • Posting on Sunday, the 59-year-old actress disclosed on Instagram that she had been offline to treat cancer and shared a photo from her hospital bed.
  • She credited Providence Saint John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, naming nurses Finja, Patty and Courtney and oncology surgeon Dr. Anton Bilchik for their care.
  • Cohn wrote that she is recouping for another couple of weeks and said she feels ready for her next adventure after that.
  • She did not share further medical details such as the stage of the disease or a treatment plan in the posts cited by outlets.
  • Cohn has previously discussed a breast cancer diagnosis beginning in 2012, treatment with radiation, chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, and being reported cancer-free in 2017 after periods of recurrence.