NEW YORK — Katie Couric said Wednesday that she’d been determined to have bosom disease, and went through a medical procedure and radiation therapy this late spring to treat the growth.
Couric, who importantly was tried for colon disease on the Today show in 2000, declared her determination in an article on her site, saying she trusted it would urge different ladies to be tried.
Couric, 65, was analyzed on the primary day of summer and composed that she had her last radiation therapy on Tuesday.
“My left bosom feels like I’ve been sunbathing topless, yet other than that, I’ve felt fine,” she composed.
Couric’s most memorable spouse, Jay Monahan, passed on from colon disease in 1998 at age 41 and her sister Emily was 54 when she passed on from pancreatic malignant growth in 2001. Given her family ancestry, Couric stated, “how could I be saved? My response went from ‘why me?’ to ‘why not me?'”
The previous host of Today and the CBS Nightly News said she recorded her mammogram and bosom biopsy fully intent on imparting it to supporters, yet her PCP requested that she switch off the cameras when she told her that a biopsy was vital.
After a day, Couric was called and told she had bosom malignant growth and expected to make an arrangement.
“I felt wiped out and the room began to turn,” she said.
She went through a lumpectomy on July 14 and started radiation therapy on Sept. 7.
“For what reason am I letting you know this?” she inquired. “Indeed, since I’m the ‘screen sovereign’ of colon malignant growth, it appeared to be odd not to involve this as another workable second that could save somebody’s life.
“If it’s not too much trouble, get your yearly mammogram,” she said. “I was a half year late this time. I shiver to figure what could have occurred assuming I had put it off longer.”
