Overview

• Lowe shared her diagnosis in an essay for People and on Instagram, inviting followers to track her recovery and urging vigilance about breast health.
• She first noticed a mass in her right breast in February; initial mammogram and ultrasound were clear before a blind biopsy later confirmed invasive carcinoma after the mass reached about 10 centimeters and her nipple inverted.
• Doctors determined in late August that she has Stage 3 invasive ductal carcinoma.
• Her treatment plan includes chemotherapy followed by a bilateral mastectomy, radiation and reconstruction, and she received her first Doxorubicin infusion on October 10.
• Hallmark colleagues, including Alison Sweeney and producer Craig Baumgarten, reworked production schedules so she may direct a future Hannah Swensen Mysteries installment after treatment as she leans on support from her husband and two children.