Nicole Eggert admitted that finances are a neglected conversation when it comes to fighting cancer.Eggert, 54, was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer in December 2023.Two years later, the actress revealed her cancer status was "NED," or no evidence of disease.While the "Baywatch" star is a survivor of a club she "never wanted to be a part of," Eggert told Fox News Digital that the financial strains of her battle added an entirely different stressor to her life.BRANDI GLANVILLE SPEAKS OUT ON COMPLEX DIAGNOSIS AND $6K MONTHLY MEDICAL BATTLE"Baywatch" actress Nicole Eggert shared the financial realities of battling breast cancer.
(Olivia Wong)"I'm a 100% single parent," Eggert explained."One of my daughters is an adult, so she is very self-independent, and she does great, but I do have a teenager still at home ...
I have that responsibility, and then I have all the household and homemaker, head of household responsibilities and then the cost of what this diagnosis brings, which is a lot ...really you can't even wrap your head around it."‘BAYWATCH’ STAR NICOLE EGGERT SAYS IT'S ‘VERY HARD TO BE HEALTHY IN AMERICA’ AS SHE BATTLES CANCEREggert noted that the costs consistently "add up," so much so that she was afraid of being able to provide for her family."In my line of work, I couldn't commit to being on any kind of production because I'm gonna be in treatment and in and out of treatment ...
three-to-five at least days a week," she said."So, it's not like it's work from home kind of work."Nicole Eggert has one teenaged daughter, Keegan, and an adult daughter named Dilyn.
(Amanda Edwards)She added, "I had to completely come to the realization that I wasn't gonna have income, and yet the bills don't stop, and the teenagers still need their things, and life needs their things and the car still needs the gas, and you know, all of it."The "Charles in Charge" actress noted that when she took a step back and truly looked at the disease, "money...