Maria Menounos shares her secret cancer battle and credits God for granting her a miracle.

TV Host Maria Menounos Reveals Secret Health Battle

Popular TV host Maria Menounos has recently revealed that she has been dealing with a menounos-reveals-secret-cancer-battle/” title=”Maria Menounos shares her secret cancer battle and credits God for granting her a miracle.”>secret health battle after being diagnosed with stage two pancreatic cancer. Despite the diagnosis, Menounos said that “God granted” her a “miracle.”

A Decade-Long Struggle

Menounos, who has hosted shows like “Extra” and “E! News,” said that life was going great as she and her husband Keven Undergaro were finally going to be parents via a surrogate after a decade-long struggle with fertility. However, in 2017, Menounos was diagnosed with a benign brain tumor. Then in 2022, she suffered from leg cramps and was diagnosed with type one diabetes.

“I was feeling so good, and then I got slapped in the face with a new diagnosis,” Menounos said of the pain she experienced last June. “I’d scream out loud, I was inconsolable.”

A Painful Journey

Menounos said that after being diagnosed and taking insulin, she “was crushing it” by October. However, a month later, she experienced “excruciating abdominal pain coupled with diarrhea” that put her back in the hospital. She underwent more thorough testing, which revealed she had a tumor on her pancreas.

“I’m like, ‘How in the freaking world can I have a brain tumor and pancreatic cancer?’” the TV host said. “All I could think was that I have a baby coming.”

In February, she underwent surgery to have the tumor removed and called the recovery “super painful,” adding, “I couldn’t move or lift myself up.”

A Grateful Recovery

Despite the challenges, Menounos said she’d been given an optimistic diagnosis and did not need chemotherapy or additional treatment, just annual scans over the next few years. She said she’s “so grateful and so lucky” and did not take her soon-to-be newborn baby for granted.

“God granted me a miracle. I’m going to appreciate having her in my life so much more than I would have before this journey,” Menounos said.

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