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Fox News
02-03-2025
- Health
- Fox News
'Grey's Anatomy' star Kate Walsh shares 'very subtle' warning signs ahead of brain tumor diagnosis
"Grey's Anatomy" star Kate Walsh is opening up about a health scare she faced years ago. During a recent appearance on "The Kelly Clarkson Show," the 57-year-old actress recalled being diagnosed with a noncancerous brain tumor in 2015 and shared how the experience changed her approach to health. "Thankfully, it turned out to be benign, so I was very, very fortunate," Walsh said. The "Private Practice" alum explained she noticed "very subtle" warning signs ahead of her diagnosis. "It was like, 'Hey, I'm really tired,'" Walsh recalled. "And then it's like, 'Oh, the right side of my body is dipping.'" Walsh told Clarkson she was uncertain if she had a health problem at the time, since people around her were initially dismissive of her concerns. "They're like, 'Oh, you're off.' I'm like, 'No,'" she said. "And then, walking the dog, I'm like, 'It must be a little bit of a windy street.' "It was just sort of very subtle and then very kind of, 'Oh it's ADD. I can't really focus. Oh, I've been scrolling too much.' That kind of stuff." Walsh continued to worry about her symptoms and decided to seek medical attention. Looking back, the California native shared that she learned a valuable lesson from the experience. "I know how important it is to advocate for one's own health because people were like, 'You're just depressed.' It was right after [my TV show] 'Bad Judge' got canceled,'" Walsh recalled. "Your show got canceled. You're just depressed,'" she remembered people telling her. "I'm like, 'No, something's off.'" Walsh first revealed her brain tumor diagnosis in a September 2017 interview with Cosmopolitan. The "Emily in Paris" actress told the outlet she had physical and cognitive problems before doctors discovered a tumor in her brain the size of a small lemon. Walsh told the outlet she initially believed her symptoms were due to menopause, noting "there are a lot of the same markers." "I know how important it is to advocate for one's own health because people were like, 'You're just depressed.'" "I really pushed to see a neurologist. I just had an instinct," she recalled. "I had to really advocate because they don't hand out MRIs so easily. But I got an MRI and, thank God I did, because it turned out I had a very sizable brain tumor in my left frontal lobe." Walsh told the outlet she was stunned after receiving her diagnosis. "I just left my body," she said. "My assistant had driven me there, and I had to go get him so that he could take notes because I was gone. It was never anything I would have imagined." Three days later, Walsh had surgery to remove the growth, and it was later determined to be a benign meningioma. According to the Mayo Clinic, meningiomas are "brain tumors that start in the membranes around the brain and spinal cord" and they are the most common type of benign brain tumors. While appearing on "The Kelly Clarkson Show," Walsh shared that she has a family history of cancer. Her father died due to complications from lung cancer, and her mother was a breast cancer survivor. The actress emphasized the importance of early detection and screening but acknowledged that it can be difficult for people to speak out about their health concerns. "It's a hard thing when you have everybody looking at you going, 'Hmm, I think you're just this or that. You're tired.'"
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Kate Walsh recalls ‘very subtle' symptoms that led to brain tumor diagnosis: ‘Something's off'
Kate Walsh learned an important life lesson from a health scare she encountered in 2015. While appearing on "The Kelly Clarkson Show" on Feb. 27, the actor recalled being diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2015 and explained how the experience affected her outlook on health. "Thankfully, it turned out to be benign, so I was very, very fortunate," she said. Walsh, 57, went on to share some of the warning signs that led to her diagnosis. "It was like, 'Hey, I'm really tired.' And then it's like, 'Oh, the right side of my body is dipping,'" she recalled. At first, Walsh wasn't sure what was going on, especially since people kept telling her she was fine. "They're like, 'Oh, you're off.' I'm like 'No,'" she said. Walsh also felt strange while walking her dog one day and recalled thinking the street must be "windy." "It was just sort of very subtle and then very kind of, 'Oh it's ADD. I can't really focus. Oh I've been scrolling too much.' That kind of stuff," she said. Going through this health scare taught Walsh a lesson that she's hoping to share with others. "I know how important it is to advocate for one's own health because people were like, You're just depressed.' It was right after (my TV show) 'Bad Judge' got canceled. 'Your show got canceled. You're just depressed,'" she recalled others saying. "I'm like, 'No something's off.'" Still, Walsh acknowledged that it's challenging to advocate for yourself in these scenarios. "It's a hard thing when you have everybody looking at you going, 'Hmm, I think you're just this or that. You're tired,'" she said. In 2017, Walsh appeared on TODAY to discuss her diagnosis and recovery. After feeling 'exhausted,' she decided to seek medical assistance. 'But I'd just wrapped a show, 'Bad Judge,' and I was starring in it and executive producing, so it wasn't unheard of to be totally exhausted. So I thought I just really burned myself out.' Soon enough, Walsh started experiencing cognitive symptoms and "couldn't find my words." After fighting for a diagnostic MRI, Walsh learned that she had a 'very sizable tumor.' Following a surgery, she discovered that it was benign. The non-cancerous tumor was known as a meningioma, which John Hopkins Medicine defines as "the most common type of primary brain tumor." "These tumors originate in the meninges, which are the outer three layers of tissue between the skull and the brain that cover and protect the brain just under the skull," the John Hopkins Medicine website reads. "Meningiomas grow out of the middle layer of the meninges called the arachnoid. They grow slowly and may exist for years before being detected." This article was originally published on
