Veteran Hallmark actress and director Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe has been diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer.

The “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” star first revealed her diagnosis in a personal essay for PEOPLE on Friday, Oct. 10 before breaking the news to her followers on Instagram .

“I am currently going through chemo treatments,” the 44-year-said in a video before motioning to a medical sleeve on her left arm, “So, I just wanted to come on here and encourage you guys to get checked.”

Lowe went on to say that she does not have a history of cancer in her family, and that “there was no signs” of her having the disease.

“I just knew when I found a lump that there was something that I needed to do about it,” the actress said.

The Canadian actress, a mother of two, first found a large mas

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