Guiding Light Star Beth Chamberlin Reveals a Lucky Turn in Her Cancer Fight
Guiding Light favorite Beth Chamberlin delivered an encouraging update: her Stage 1A endometrial cancer has not spread, and she’s recovering well after a hysterectomy, sharing the news in a new video just weeks after revealing her diagnosis.
Beth Chamberlin just gave a refreshingly clear update on her cancer battle, and for once, it is genuinely good news. The Guiding Light alum had previously shared she was dealing with early-stage endometrial cancer, and now she says her Stage 1A diagnosis has not spread.
The update
In a December 6 Instagram video, posted two weeks after a robotic-assisted hysterectomy that also included removal of both ovaries, Chamberlin said her final pathology came back clean. No spread. No additional treatment needed.
"Lucky."
That is how she put it. Honestly, fair.
Where she is at two weeks post-op
Chamberlin kept it very real about the recovery part. She joked that the morning of her surgery she could have jumped up and cranked out 25 burpees, but two weeks later she gets tired fast — and she is not thrilled about that. It is a very human frustration: mind ready, body still catching up.
The nitty-gritty she shared
She walked through the procedure and recovery details with the kind of specificity you do not usually hear unless you have been there yourself:
- Incisions: four small ones on her abdomen plus one in her belly button — that is where the robotic arms went in.
- Healing gear: one of the marks is covered with surgical glue that will come off on its own.
- Swelling: she has significant swelling right now and made a point to say everyone’s post-op experience can look different.
- Complication curveball: because of adhesions from childhood surgeries to correct a birth defect, she essentially had two operations at once — the planned hysterectomy and adhesion removal — which means there is a lot of internal healing happening that you cannot see.
- Appetite: still not back. She had big plans for a high-protein recovery diet to speed healing, but she cannot quite stomach it yet.
Even with those bumps, she wrapped the video on an optimistic note. She is trusting the rebuilding phase and hoping her appetite and energy come back soon. Bottom line: Stage 1A, no spread, no further treatment — a tough recovery, but the best possible report card after a very big surgery.