Colleen Hoover has recently opened up about her health journey following her cancer diagnosis. Less than a week after sharing that she was undergoing radiation therapy at Texas Oncology, the 46-year-old best-selling author took to Facebook to clarify any misconceptions that might have been created by misleading clickbait.
"Just for clarification, because some misleading clickbait made it sound like I'm on my deathbed or something, but I do not have cancer anymore," Hoover wrote. "I was diagnosed sometime last year, had successful surgery, and just finished radiation yesterday."
"I'm all good now and everything is well. My doctors have done their job, and I'm grateful for that," she concluded.
The author of It Ends with Us first spoke about her cancer on social media in December, where she explained that her cancer had been removed through surgery without revealing the exact diagnosis. She noted that her ongoing treatment would include radiation but not chemotherapy.
Hoover said she was experiencing "recurring" health issues while filming Reminders of Him, her forthcoming movie adaptation, which is set to be released this year. "I continued to put it off until the movie was finished," she wrote. "So while it felt huge and scary for a bit, and I had to miss out on the Regretting You premiere and some other important career and personal moments, I just wasn't ready to share with anyone until I knew what the outcome would be."
Reminders of Him is set to hit theaters on March 13, while her latest book, Woman Down, hit shelves on Jan. 13. Hoover shared a candid health update on her Instagram Stories alongside a photo of herself wearing a hospital gown, a day before the release of the novel.
"Second to last day of radiation," she wrote on Jan. 12. "I wish I could blame my hair and facial expressions on @Texas.Oncology, but they've been great. Hope you never need them, but highly recommend them."
A few days before, Hoover had shared that her cancer was likely caused by environmental/lifestyle factors such as a lack of exercise, poor diet, and stress, as a visit to the geneticist ruled out family genetics, HPV, and excessive hormones.
"I'm happy and grateful to be alive but I hate vegetables," Hoover said in her Jan. 9 Facebook post. "I hate when I have to get off the couch. I hate sweating. I hate when science is right."
"If you see me at the gym, don't even tell me good job," she added. "If you see me at a restaurant eating grilled chicken and drinking water, I'm probably really mad about it."
