Sam Neill (75) is currently being treated for Stage 3 lymphoma, a form of blood cancer.

“My news seems to be all over the news at the moment, and it’s sort of ‘cancer! cancer! cancer!’ which is slightly tiresome because as you see, I am alive and well,” he said in a short video posted on Instagram.

Neill, 75, told fans he had been in remission for eight months “which feels really good.” He added that he was working on an upcoming television adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s novel “Apples Never Fall.”

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The news about his cancer emerged during publicity for his upcoming memoir titled “Did I Ever Tell You This?,” due to be released Tuesday, which mentions his diagnosis.

“The thing is, I’m crook. Possibly dying, I may have to speed this up,” he writes in the opening chapters, according to the Guardian, which published an interview with him on Friday.

He said that the book was a project he could work on during his treatment last year.

“I am used to going to work, and I suddenly couldn’t go to work — so that’s why I wrote the book,” he said in Saturday’s Instagram video. “I was very nervous, obviously, as a first-time author.”

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He described the tone of the book as one of “surprise” as he never expected to make a career of acting on screen.

You are most well-known as Alan Grant, the blockbuster’s paleontologist. dinosaur movie franchise, Neill told the Guardian that he first noticed swollen glands while doing publicity for “Jurassic World: Dominion” in 2022.

Later, he was diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic-T-cell lymphoma. This is a rare form of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. He said that he started chemotherapy and began a new chemotherapy drug. This medication will be his only daily treatment for the rest of their lives.

The cancer can be more common in the elderly and symptoms can include high fevers, skin rashes and autoimmune disorders, where the body’s immune system attacks its own cells and tissues, according to the U.S.-based Lymphoma Research Foundation. The treatment options include chemotherapy, radiation, bone marrow and stem cell transplants.

“Not sure if it was the cancer news or when they mentioned you’re 75 that shocked me more,” wrote one relieved fan in response to Neill’s video.

“Jurassic Park is my favorite movie and you my favorite actor. I’m glad you are doing better/well and I cannot wait to dig into this book,” said another.

He is an actor who has won awards in New Zealand and Northern Ireland.

“I am full of gratitude looking back on this life,” he said. “Let’s not worry too much about ‘all that,’” he added, in reference to his health, “because I’m fine — okay!”