I Have Breast Cancer, Katie Couric!

September 29, 2022 Lee Daily News 0

The former “Today” program host, 65, has only recently spoken publicly about her June diagnosis. Katie is no stranger to the disease in 1998, her first husband, Jay Monahan, passed away from colon cancer. She lost her sister to pancreatic cancer and her mother-in-law to ovarian cancer.

In her words, “My mood quickly shifted from disbelief to resignation. Given my family’s history of cancer, why would I be spared? My reaction went from, “Why me? Why not me?”

Katie said, “Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. On June 21st, I became one of them. As we approach #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth, I wanted to share my personal story with you all and encourage you to get screened and understand that you may fall into a category of women who needs more than a mammogram.”

She continued by detailing the difficulty she had been having. … “I felt sick and the room started to spin. I was in the middle of an open office, so I walked to a corner and spoke quietly, my mouth unable to keep up with the questions swirling in my head.”

Katie underwent surgery back in July. She started radiation treatment early this month.

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Best wishes to Katie.

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