Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

The actress Jane Fonda announced on Friday that she had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

a treatable form of cancer of the lymph system, and that she would be undergoing chemotherapy treatments

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

for six months. “This is a very treatable cancer,” she wrote in a post on her Instagram account. “I feel very lucky.”

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

Fonda, 84, a highly decorated star who has long been an activist for social causes, also wrote in her Instagram 

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

post that she felt lucky to have health insurance as well as “access to the best doctors and treatments.”

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

“I realize, and it’s painful, that I am privileged in this,” she said. “Almost every family in America has 

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

had to deal with cancer at one time or another and far too many don’t have access to the quality health 

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

care I am receiving and this is not right.” Fonda is a two-time Academy Award winner for her

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

performances in “Klute” and “Coming Home.” She has also worked as a producer, documentarian and activist. 

Jane Fonda Says She Has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma

In 2019 she was arrested multiple times after staging protests in Washington to highlight the urgency