"Days of Our Lives" star Suzanne Rogers is opening up about her cancer battle.
The Maryland-born soap opera actress, 82, told TV Insider in an interview published Oct. 30 that she had been diagnosed with stage 2 colorectal cancer over the summer. The finding came after she sensed something "wasn’t quite right" and scheduled another routine colonoscopy. A surgeon later informed her more testing was required.
"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,'" Rogers told the outlet. "And the minute he said that, I knew that it was something more."
Another procedure later confirmed she had cancer and would have to begin treatment immediately, Rogers said.
"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 said.
