Katie Thurston has revealed how Ananda Lewis’ dying has affected her personal battle with Stage 4 breast most cancers.
The “Bachelorette” star, 34, took to her Boobie Broadcast channel over the weekend to say that Lewis’ passing left her “spiraling.”
Lewis, who labored as an MTV video jockey within the ’90s earlier than internet hosting her personal discuss present, handed away this month after a prolonged battle with Stage 4 breast most cancers. She was 52.
“Presently extra accepting about my analysis,” Thurston mentioned Saturday. “Though the passing of fellow sister Ananda Lewis had me spiraling for a day.”
“I’ve principally saved busy and my thoughts distracted, which has helped A TON,” she added.
Lewis first introduced that she was identified with Stage 3 breast most cancers through an Instagram video shared in October 2020.
The previous MTV star revealed that she was identified two years earlier and that she had not been receiving common mammogram checkups as a result of she was nervous concerning the radiation.
Lewis appeared on CNN in October 2024 to announce that her breast most cancers had metastasized and progressed to Stage 4.
She additionally admitted that she opted to not endure a double mastectomy regardless of her physician’s suggestion.
“My plan at first was to get out extreme toxins in my physique. I felt like my physique is clever, I do know that to be true. Our our bodies are brilliantly made,” Lewis advised anchor Sara Sidner and shut good friend Stephanie Elam on the time.
“I made a decision to maintain my tumor and attempt to work it out of my physique a unique manner. I want I may return,” she added. “It’s necessary for me to confess the place I went fallacious with this.”
Thurston admitted that she doesn’t plan to strategy her breast most cancers journey the identical manner that Lewis did, sharing she “can’t wait” to get her tumor eliminated.
“A holistic strategy takes such excessive self-discipline that I don’t even have,” the fact star mentioned. “I’ve made life-style modifications (and dealing on extra), however whereas pairing with my drugs.”
“I believe that’s what scares me about mine – it’s nonetheless in me too,” Thurston added relating to her tumor. “I can’t wait to get a double mastectomy.”
Thurston first revealed that she was identified with Stage 3 breast most cancers in an Instagram submit shared in February.
“Life replace: I’ve breast most cancers,” the ABC star wrote on the time.
She returned to the platform in March to disclose that her breast most cancers had progressed to Stage 4 and had unfold to her liver. Thurston’s devastating well being replace got here simply 5 days after her wedding ceremony to comic Jeff Arcuri.
“After days of ready, sadly, I did discover out in the present day that my breast most cancers has unfold to the liver,” she revealed in an Instagram video. “It’s pretty small; nonetheless, it does put me at Stage 4.”
Thurston returned to social media once more this month to disclose that she has began to lose her hair and reminiscence.
“However proper now, after ending two months of my medicine, my hair is popping out in an unnatural quantity of clumps,” she shared. “I’m shedding my reminiscence.”
“Most cancers is s–t,” Thurston added. “Generally I’m like, ‘Cease feeling dangerous for your self.’ Different instances I’m like, ‘You’re allowed to really feel dangerous for your self. Most cancers f–king sucks.’”
