CNN anchor Sarah Sidner revealed on Monday that she has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, and shared an emotional message with viewers, urging women to get their annual mammograms.
“Take a moment and remember the names of the eight women you love and know in your life. Count them on your fingers,” Sydnor began. “Statistically, one of them will get or get breast cancer. I'm one of eight in my friend group.”
“I've never been sick a day in my life. I don't smoke and I hardly ever drink. Breast cancer doesn't run in my family. And yet here I am. “I have stage 3 breast cancer. I can't say it. I can't say it out loud,” she said.
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CNN anchor Sarah Sidner revealed in an emotional message to viewers that she has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. (Screenshot/CNN)
Sydner is currently in her second month of chemotherapy and plans to undergo radiation therapy and a double mastectomy.
And while she stresses that stage 3 breast cancer is no longer a “death sentence” for the majority of women, she says one statistic in particular she discovered while researching the disease “shocked my system.” Ta.
“If you're a black woman, you're 41 percent more likely to die from breast cancer than a white woman. 41 percent,” Sydnor said. “So to all my sisters, black, white and brown, please, for the love of God, please get your mammogram every year. Test yourself. So that you can get tested before I do. Please try.”
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Sydner urged women to get annual mammograms and emphasized that black women are 41% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images, CNN)
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The 51-year-old anchor tearfully expressed how grateful he was to be alive and even “thanked” cancer for allowing him to be grateful for his life.
“Well, something happened that I never thought would happen to me. I'm grateful to cancer for choosing me,” Sydner said. “I'm starting to learn that no matter what hell I've been through in life, I'm still madly in love with this life. And now, just being alive feels really different.”
she continued. “I'm so happy that I no longer stress over the stupid little things that used to irritate me. And now, every time I take a breath, I can celebrate that I'm still with you. “I'm here with you,” my co-anchors, colleagues, family, and I can love, cry, laugh, and hope, and that, dear friends, is enough. ”
