Fox News star Kat Timpf has confirmed that she will undergo a double mastectomy days after she has unveiled her shocking diagnosis of breast cancer.
In an unexpected Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the 36-year-old host announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer, only a few hours before she gave birth to her first child.
“Last week I welcomed my first child in the world. About fifteen hours before I gave birth, I was diagnosed with breast cancer, “the post read.
“My doctors say that the stage is zero and is convinced that it is almost certainly not spread.”
The surprising news was followed by an outpouring of concerned comments, many of which include unsolicited medical advice.
On Friday, Timpf went to X to express her gratitude for the support of the internet, but admitted that the huge number of well -meaning advice had felt her 'overwhelmed'.
'First of all, thank you very much for all the support, it meant so much for me. This is clearly a very crazy, difficult, unexpected time and I really appreciate it, “said the mother of one in the video.
“But I wanted to tackle a few things because I was overwhelmed, I think you could say, medical advice?”
Fox News-star Kat Timpf went to X on Friday to express her gratitude for the support of the internet after her sudden diagnosis of cancer, but admitted that the enormous volume of well-meaning medical advice had felt her 'overwhelmed' '
The 36-year-old host revealed that she had been diagnosed with stage-zero breast cancer only a few hours before she gave birth to her first child in a shocking Instagram announcement that was shared on Tuesday
The surprising news was followed by an outpouring of concerned comments, many of which include unsolicited medical advice and criticism of the advice of its doctor for a double breast amputation
Timpf continued to describe the comments, including some criticism of the advice of her doctor that undergoing a double breast amputation would be the best way of acting as quickly as possible.
Although not intended badly, some users then described their own diagnosis of the podium of the loved ones.
Some, Timpf said, had recommended that a double breast amputation was not the best way to act, because some of their family members only needed a lumpectomy to treat the cancer.
Others, she explained, claimed that they were a nurse before they stated that a double breast amputation before stage-zero cancer sounds 'extreme'.
“I just want to say, believe me, there is no one for whom it seems more extreme than me,” Timpf said.
“I don't take my t *** light,” she went on. 'As a general rule, I don't think a woman does that. I find it devastating. But I am very grateful that I have access to the opinions of many brilliant spirits when it comes to breast cancer. '
Despite referring to the extensive procedure as 'devastating', Timpf emphasized the expertise of the team of health experts who guide her through the process, with confidence that they know what is best for her own body.
“I was very lucky with a team that is very well informed here, I spoke with many different people and the focus of all these conversations is what is best to do to keep my life, so I have been a long time for my son,” she added.
“I don't take my t *** light,” Timpf said in the update. 'As a general rule, I don't think a woman does that. I find it devastating. But I am very grateful that I have access to the opinions of many brilliant spirits when it comes to breast cancer '
Despite referring to the extensive procedure as 'devastating', Timpf emphasized the expertise of the team of health experts who guide her through the process, and claims that they know what is best for her own body
In the video Health update, Timpf said: 'There are many details of me that I have not shared, but I just want to say, you know, trust that I make the best decision for me and my family, and I get the best medical advice I could get'
“And any case of breast cancer is very different,” Timpf continued.
“There are many details of me that I have not shared, but I just want to say, you know, trust that I make the best decision for me and my family, and I get the best medical advice I could get.”
Tuesday's Instagram announcement received great attention, because the post with three suffering 'has collected' an unconventional birth announcement 'more than 100,000 likes and comments.
In the post, Timpf told the hectic day that led to her diagnosis and how she used humor to deal with the news.
“I became pregnant for more than a week-paste-due, fully consumed by doing everything I could get out of the baby,” she said.
'By noon, I wobbled around from appointment to appointment and I talked about how I could get my cancer out.
“I asked all the questions I could, even if I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put the fridge next to my baby's ultrasound.”
Timpf, who married the 38-year-old vet Cameron Friscia in 2021 in 2021, also unveiled the family of her child.
“Finally, against the middle of the night I crawled around the floor of my spontaneous work apartment, before I went to the hospital to meet my baby, which I would learn at the time of birth was a son.”
The 36-year-old mother remained well in the air in her third trimester, but confirmed that she is officially on pregnancy leave after keeping months of sicking comments and criticism to work as long as she did.
Tuesday's Instagram announcement received great attention, because the post with three suffering 'has collected' an unconventional birth announcement 'more than 100,000 likes and comments
The 36-year-old mother stayed well in the air in her third trimester, but confirmed that she is officially on maternity leave
Timpf, who married the 38-year-old vet Cameron Friscia in 2021, also revealed that she had given birth to a boy
“These next three months of maternity leave will look much different than I expected, and I still get used to my new reality,” she said.
'Still, while I navigate with new motherhood (and new cancer), I learn to celebrate everything I can do.
'I am lucky that we have found the cancer so early; I am lucky to be my son's mother. I mean, I know I am biased, but the little guy absolutely rules – and not just because he may have saved my life. '
Last month the old Fox talent addressed the haters who slammed her for working with a visible babybuil.
“I am in the narrow care of a doctor, and I promise that we both know much more and care about my health and the health of my own baby than to see any online stranger on TV,” she said.
'Although I am sure that much of it is well -intentioned, I do not have to be bombed with comments about what my belly looks like in this way or in that way means clearly that I need this or that.
“Or how I shouldn't be working, or worry about my” amniotic fluid “or another wild personal medical thing.”
