'Days of Our Lives' star Suzanne Rogers discloses cancer diagnosis: 'It was all a shock'

Suzanne Rogers, who has spent much than 5 decades arsenic a formed subordinate connected the soap opera “Days of Our Lives,” has enviable endurance. This past summer, she learned she was adjacent stronger than she’d thought.

For six weeks betwixt June and July, Rogers, 82, underwent attraction for Stage II colorectal cancer, she told TV Insider successful an interrogation published Thursday. The histrion said she was diagnosed with the illness earlier this twelvemonth aft consulting a doc astir a nagging feeling that thing “wasn’t rather right” with her body.

Colorectal crab is simply a word for crab originating successful the colon oregon rectum. Chances of occurrence summation with age, and experts urge regular screenings for those property 45 and above, continuing until astatine slightest property 75.

Rogers suspected her wellness issues mightiness beryllium superior erstwhile her doc told her helium would similar to bash a slew of tests, including a colonoscopy, MRI and PET scan. Still, erstwhile helium confirmed the atrocious news, the Daytime Emmy victor — who already did regular colonoscopies — couldn’t judge it.

“I deliberation I was successful daze for respective days due to the fact that I instrumentality beauteous bully attraction of myself,” she told TV Insider. Fortunately, her doc said, “It’s a bully happening you caught it successful time.”

After wrapping connected “Days” successful June, Rogers began regular radiation and chemotherapy treatments. She said the aggravated regimen made her treasure her weekends “because I didn’t person to spell to and spot a doctor. I was truthful bushed of seeing doctors.”

Luckily, the Peacock soap happened to beryllium connected hiatus astatine the time, truthful Rogers had nary occupation making her appointments. On apical of that, her onscreen girl Linsey Godfrey, who herself battled Hodgkin‘s lymphoma arsenic a teenager, was capable to travel her connected attraction visits, which made the ordeal little daunting.

“We truly consciousness similar a family,” Rogers said, adding that different formed and unit members regularly called to cheque successful connected her, and the “Days” producers ne'er rushed her recovery.

“They each said, ‘Don’t interest astir a thing, instrumentality attraction of yourself, get yourself well. That’s the astir important thing. We are here,’ ” Rogers said. As the histrion heads backmost to the “Days” acceptable adjacent week, she said she is “feeling truly good,” albeit tense that lingering fatigue mightiness clasp her back.

“That’s the lone anxiousness I feel. It’s not due to the fact that of my illness, let’s enactment it that way,” she said. When she does instrumentality to the screen, Rogers volition inactive beryllium sporting her celebrated ginger mane, arsenic she didn’t suffer her hairsbreadth during chemo.

“Days of Our Lives” premiered connected NBC successful 1965 and is presently airing Season 61 connected Peacock. In July, the classical daytime play announced it had been renewed for a 62nd and 63rd play connected the streaming service.