Beloved comedian to ‘quit life for a little bit’ to fight advanced cancer – MassLive

News Published: Feb. 16, 2026, 2:53 p.m. Jessica Salomon took to social media recently to share with fans that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer. (Getty Images).Getty Images A popular comedian took to social media recently to share with fans that she has been diagnosed with lung cancer. Jessica Salomon, a stand-up comedian from Montreal, Canada, made the Instagram post on Feb. 6. “Three weeks ago on a Friday, I went to get a chest x-ray and blood tests because I hadn’t been feeling well for a while,” she wrote alongside a photo showing oxygen tubes in her nose. “I’d be very tired, my body hurt, doing even small things felt hard, and I had a cough that wouldn’t go away. I thought it would pass, it was winter and a lot was going around, and also maybe this is just what getting old feels like.” Salomon said she was given steroid and antibiotic treatments from a doctor who said she had bronchitis, but it wasn’t working. “The chest x-ray was really concerning so I was told to go to the ER for a CT Scan and whatever else they thought I needed,” she continues. “After a terrifying night
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