CNN anchor Sara Sidner announced live on TV that she’s been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and already is in her second month of chemotherapy.
“I have never been sick a day of my life. I don’t smoke, I rarely drink,” Sidner said Monday on “CNN News Central,” which she co-hosts.
“Breast cancer does not run in my family, and yet, here I am with stage 3 breast cancer. It is hard to say out loud.”
Sidner, who will also undergo radiation and a double mastectomy, maintained a positive outlook on her, telling viewers that breast cancer “is not a death sentence anymore for most women.”
The broadcast journalist, 51, reminded her viewers, particularly black women, to always go for screenings.
“So to all my sisters, black and white and brown out there, please, for the love of God, get your mammograms every single year,” she said.
“Do your self-exams, try to catch it before I did.”
Sidner said she’s grateful for cancer “choosing me” because it caused her to shift her perspective on life.
“I’m learning that no matter what hell we go through in life that I am still madly in love with this life, and just being alive feels really different for me now,” she shared.
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Sidner also told People magazine that treatment has somewhat affected her everyday life.
“I am fatigued and I am slower, and I have to be more thoughtful about how I take care of myself,” she admitted.
“The bald truth is my hair’s coming out. If I’m having a bad hair day, I know about it. If I’m having a good hair day, I also know about that.”
The CNN star said she’s tried cold capping — a method to reduce hair loss by wearing freezing-cold hats — but the hair loss is still noticeable.
“I don’t put my personal stuff out there that often, but I can do something for someone because I have cancer. I can warn somebody,” she shared, adding that she’s “loving living” because life “can be short.”
“I don’t know how this is going to end … [but] we have the ability to feel joy at any point as long as we’re breathing,” she said.
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