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She suffered the loss of her mother, a breakup, a life-threatening bacterial... canonical: https://time.com/archive/7121105/after-6-month-nosedive-comedian-tig-notaro-announces-shes-cancer-free/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2012-10-02T19:55:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-16T05:58:46.316Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: After 6-Month 'Nosedive,' Comedian Tig Notaro Announces She's Cancer-Free og:description: Bouncing back from a string of epic bad luck, the comedian shares other good news, too og:url: https://time.com/archive/7121105/after-6-month-nosedive-comedian-tig-notaro-announces-shes-cancer-free/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb12f0a6cfaaffa5c/698a8f92457a520ed0d700cb/tig-notaro.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: After 6-Month 'Nosedive,' Comedian Tig Notaro Announces She's Cancer-Free twitter:description: Bouncing back from a string of epic bad luck, the comedian shares other good news, too twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb12f0a6cfaaffa5c/698a8f92457a520ed0d700cb/tig-notaro.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) # After 6-Month 'Nosedive,' Comedian Tig Notaro Announces She's Cancer-Free > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Oct 2, 2012 7:55 PM UTC  LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 489 -- Pictured: Stand-up comic Tig Notaro performs on August 10, 2011 -- Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 489 -- Pictured: Stand-up comic Tig Notaro performs on August 10, 2011 -- Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo BankLloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank—2012 NBCUniversal, Inc. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) Oct 2, 2012 7:55 PM UTC Tig Notaro has called the past six months of her life a “nosedive.” She suffered the loss of her mother, a breakup, a life-threatening bacterial infection and a breast-cancer diagnosis, all in the span of six months. But through her hardships, her career has skyrocketed — especially after her most recent piece of good news. On her podcast, [_Professor Blastoff_](http://www.earwolf.com/episode/expectationstig-update/), Notaro announced she is now cancer-free after undergoing a double mastectomy. “I am a very, very excited person that gets to say that I do not have cancer, as far as I know,” she said, adding that her prognosis is “great.” (**MORE**: [Comedian Mike Birbiglia on His New Movie, ](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/08/22/comedian-mike-birbiglia-on-his-new-movie-sleepwalk-with-me)[_Sleepwalk with Me_](http://entertainment.time.com/2012/08/22/comedian-mike-birbiglia-on-his-new-movie-sleepwalk-with-me)_)_ The news couldn’t come at a better time for Notaro; she has a new album out on October 5, available for $5, exclusively for download on Louis C.K.’s website. (It will go on sale on various other outlets several weeks later, and part of the proceeds will go to cancer research.) She also said she’ll make her second appearance on the radio show _This American Life_ over the weekend. Though Notaro has been known on the stand-up circuit for years, her star began to rise this year after she performed her well-known [Taylor Dayne](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st4opohRZ%5FA) routine on [_This American Life_‘s live show](http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/464/invisible-made-visible), only to be followed by a performance by Dayne herself. Three months later, just hours after her cancer diagnosis, she performed a previously scheduled set at the Los Angeles comedy club Largo, [announcing her diagnosis](http://flamelikeme.tumblr.com/post/28706896651/tragedy-time-comedy-but-i-dont-have-the) in such an intensely personal manner that it spread like wildfire over social media. The Largo appearance will be included on her upcoming album. (**MORE**: [How the Web Is Changing Comedy](http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2007406,00.html)) After the album and the radio appearance, Notaro plans to move to New York to write for [a new Comedy Central show](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/comedy-central-development-slate-jeff-ross-270243) starring comic Amy Schumer. She’ll also add “author” to her resume after the Largo appearance led to a book deal. “It was really amazing timing,” she said on _Professor Blastoff_, “because there was a bit of a bidding war for my book, and the day that was going down I was in surgery. 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