Shannen Doherty Shares the ‘Bucket List’ Trip Her Oncologist Made Happen as He Calls Her ‘Fearless’

At the age of 52, Shannen Doherty continues to check off her “bucket list”.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 alum shared in a new episode of her Let’s be clear with Shannen Doherty podcast that she had “such a great time” traveling to Italy with her friend and oncologist, Dr. Lawrence Piro — her latest podcast guest.

“You invited me on this amazing yacht with your family and I got to go to Italy with you, which was like a bucket list,” Doherty told Pir. “By the way, you knew it was on my bucket list. I mean, you called me and you said, ‘That’s kind of a bucket list, Shannen.’ I was so excited.”

Shannen Doherty.

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Piro was supportive of Doherty’s experience on the “amazing trip,” as he reflected on the “amazing restaurants” and more he visited with Doherty and his family. He also praised Doherty’s adventurous spirit.

“And she’s just, I mean she’s amazing, she’s jumped from every level of the yacht. Even the highest. Shannen is fearless, she really is,” he added.

And while the actress admitted that she “did injure herself” on the steps of the yacht, she still fondly recalled their friendly outing.

“It’s an amazing thing, you jump from the highest point of this huge yacht and you go back up,” she added. “I was afraid of the jellyfish, so I went the long and dangerous way, and that’s when I made that big bump on my leg.”

Dr. Lawrence Piro.

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Doherty, who has previously been candid about her stage 4 breast cancer which has spread to her bones, used her latest episode of the podcast to describe her special friendship with Pira.

While the two also share a doctor-patient relationship, Piro explained Let’s be clear that they “always kept our paths separate.”

“So when we’re together as friends, it’s a friendly way. When we’re doing medical things, it’s a medical way,” he said. “And you know, every once in a while these things have to come through, but it’s extremely rare.”

“And you, for example, will never ask me anything medical when we are doing something social”, added Piro. “Or if you have to, you’ll say, ‘Look, I’m really sorry to ask you this now, we’re having dinner, but just blah blah blah blah.'”

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Doherty, who explained that she was at dinners with Piro where she noticed the flood of messages he was getting on his phone, added that he seemed to be “overwhelmed 24/7”.

“You don’t have a day off for medical questions. Your patients have your cell phone. You’ve given yourself full access so when I manage to steal you away and we go out to dinner, I don’t want to do that,” she said. “If I have a question for you, I’ll text you during office hours or I will come to the clinic.”

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