{"id":4286,"date":"2026-11-06T23:44:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4286"},"modified":"2026-11-06T23:44:45","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T23:44:45","slug":"nicole-eggert-opens-up-about-cancer-care-costs-as-a-single-mom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4286","title":{"rendered":"Nicole Eggert Opens Up About Cancer Care Costs as a Single Mom"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tNicole Eggert needed time for cancer<\/a> treatment, but taking time off work wasn\u2019t something she could easily afford.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Baywatch<\/em> actress, who was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer<\/a> in December 2023, recently spoke about the stress of paying for care while raising her teenage daughter as a single mom. In an interview with Fox News Digital<\/a>, she explained that taking an acting job wasn\u2019t an option when she needed to be available for treatment \u2014 and she still had all the usual bills to pay.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cAnd yet the bills don\u2019t 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,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\u2018It Just Adds Up\u2019\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tEggert described herself as a \u201c100% single parent.\u201d While her older daughter, Dilyn, is an independent adult, her younger daughter, Keegan, still lives at home.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAs I was going along, I was like, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re kidding.\u2019 Like, it just adds up and it adds up,\u201d she said, according to People<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tWith treatment taking up at least three to five days of her week, there wasn\u2019t much room to commit to a production. \u201cIt\u2019s not like it\u2019s work from home kind of work,\u201d she explained. She had to accept that she wouldn\u2019t have income coming in while she was getting care.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSo, that\u2019s like an entirely other added stress that I think a lot of people, that\u2019s like last on the list, right? But it\u2019s huge,\u201d she said of the financial pressure.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tAsking for Help Isn\u2019t Always Easy\t<\/h2>\n

\n\tThe financial strain Eggert described is known as financial toxicity. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI)<\/a>, even people with health insurance can struggle with the cost of cancer care, particularly when treatment means cutting back on work. Copayments, deductibles, and prescription costs can add up while there\u2019s less money coming in to cover them.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe NCI also notes that people diagnosed at a younger age may have less savings and additional financial responsibilities, such as raising children. And the expenses don\u2019t necessarily end when treatment does: ongoing treatment and care for lasting side effects can leave patients with medical costs for years after diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\n\tEggert said she learned to let people help instead of trying to manage everything herself. Building a support system meant being willing to tell others when she couldn\u2019t keep up.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cYou have to be able to say hey, I\u2019m underwater here,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t know how I\u2019m gonna do this.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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Nicole Eggert needed time for cancer treatment, but taking time off work wasn\u2019t something she could easily afford. The Baywatch actress, who was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer in December 2023, recently spoke about the stress of paying for care while raising her teenage daughter as a single mom. In an interview with Fox News Digital, she explained that taking an acting job wasn\u2019t an option when she needed to be available for treatment \u2014 and she still had all the usual bills to pay. Related story Kim Kardashian Seeks Second Opinion From the Esophageal Center Dedicated to Her Late Father \u201cAnd yet the bills don\u2019t 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,\u201d she said. \u2018It Just Adds Up\u2019 Eggert described herself as a \u201c100% single parent.\u201d While her older daughter, Dilyn, is an independent adult, her younger daughter, Keegan, still lives at home. \u201cAs I was going along, I was like, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re kidding.\u2019 Like, it just adds up and it adds up,\u201d she said, according to People. With treatment taking up at least three to five days of her week, there wasn\u2019t much room to commit to a production. \u201cIt\u2019s not like it\u2019s work from home kind of work,\u201d she explained. She had to accept that she wouldn\u2019t have income coming in while she was getting care. \u201cSo, that\u2019s like an entirely other added stress that I think a lot of people, that\u2019s like last on the list, right? But it\u2019s huge,\u201d she said of the financial pressure. Asking for Help Isn\u2019t Always Easy The financial strain Eggert described is known as financial toxicity. According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), even people with health insurance can struggle with the cost of cancer care, particularly when treatment means cutting back on work. Copayments, deductibles, and prescription costs can add up while there\u2019s less money coming in to cover them. The NCI also notes that people diagnosed at a younger age may have less savings and additional financial responsibilities, such as raising children. And the expenses don\u2019t necessarily end when treatment does: ongoing treatment and care for lasting side effects can leave patients with medical costs for years after diagnosis. Eggert said she learned to let people help instead of trying to manage everything herself. Building a support system meant being willing to tell others when she couldn\u2019t keep up. \u201cYou have to be able to say hey, I\u2019m underwater here,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t know how I\u2019m gonna do this.\u201d Source link<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-female-health-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}