{"id":1993524,"date":"2023-08-07T18:41:03","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/today-show-host-gives-update-on-cancer-battle-after-undergoing-double-mastectomy\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:42:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T22:42:51","slug":"today-show-host-gives-update-on-cancer-battle-after-undergoing-double-mastectomy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/today-show-host-gives-update-on-cancer-battle-after-undergoing-double-mastectomy\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Today&#8217; Show Host Shares Cancer Battle Update Post Double Mastectomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftoday-show-host-gives-update-on-cancer-battle-after-undergoing-double-mastectomy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1993524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Jill \u2063Martin Opens Up About Her Battle with Breast Cancer<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cToday\u201d show contributor Jill Martin has bravely shared her journey of\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/casey-desantis-helps-position-her-husband-as-the-pro-parent-candidate-in-2024-race\/\" title=\"Casey DeSantis boosts husband's pro-parent image for 2024 race.\">battling <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">breast cancer<\/a><\/a>\u200b and her ongoing recovery after undergoing a double mastectomy. Just weeks\u200d after\u200d being \u200bdiagnosed in mid-July, Martin underwent surgery \u200cto remove an aggressive tumor and 18 lymph nodes, one of which was cancerous.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, a 47-year-old lifestyle\u2064 contributor on the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/timeline-andrew-cuomos-scandalous-covid-19-response\/\" title=\"Timeline: Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Scandalous COVID-19 Response\">morning show<\/a>, revealed that physically she is\u2064 doing \u201cokay\u201d after the surgery. \u2063However, emotionally, she has been on a \u201croller coaster\u201d and describes the\u200b last six weeks \u200cas \u2063\u201cearth-shattering.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a\u2062 personal essay, Martin expressed her gratitude to her surgeon, Dr. Elisa Port, and shared the intense moment\u2063 of waking up from the four-hour surgery to \u200dlearn the results\u2063 of the biopsy. While the cancerous cells were removed,\u2062 there is always a small possibility of recurrence. Martin\u2062 is now focused \u200don planning her long \u200droad ahead and taking necessary\u2063 precautions \u2062to \u2064prevent the disease \u200bfrom\u2063 returning.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: After an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/today-show-host-gives-update-on-cancer-battle-after-undergoing-double-mastectomy\/\" title=\"'Today' Show Host Shares Cancer Battle Update Post Double Mastectomy\">unexpected breast cancer diagnosis<\/a>\u2064 and a mastectomy, TODAY contributor\u200d Jill Martin shares an update \u2063on what\u2019s happening next: \u201cI want to\u200d share this\u2063 journey real-time.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HUzkxBGxdK\">https:\/\/t.co\/HUzkxBGxdK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zmxZff8DKo\">pic.twitter.com\/zmxZff8DKo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TODAY (@TODAYshow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TODAYshow\/status\/1688535952501710848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Martin also \u2064expressed her gratitude\u200c for the overwhelming support she \u2062has \u2062received since sharing her\u200d diagnosis. She emphasized the importance of genetic testing, as her breast cancer was not detected through annual\u200c checkups but rather through testing positive for the BRCA2 gene. Many\u200c individuals reached out to Martin, sharing their own stories and\u2064 expressing \u200dtheir intentions \u2064to get tested.<\/p>\n<p>Watching her family witness her \u2062battle with cancer has been the hardest \u200dpart for Martin. She acknowledged the impact it has had on her household and described the\u2063 past three weeks as feeling like a lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>This week, Martin will meet with her doctor to discuss the next steps in her journey. She already knows that she will undergo a full hysterectomy \u2063to decrease the risk of ovarian cancer and \u2063will need\u200d to take anti-hormonal drugs for five years. Additionally, due to the\u2062 aggressiveness of \u200dthe tumor, chemotherapy\u200c is likely \u200cin her future, \u2064which has been the most challenging aspect for her to accept.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the shock and\u200d the emotional toll, \u2062Martin\u200b is choosing to fight. Cancer may have knocked her down, but she is determined to rise above\u200b it. Each day is a choice,\u200d and even though there are moments when she feels like staying\u200b under the covers and \u200bcrying,\u200b she is \u200bgradually finding the strength to get \u2063up and continue the fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today show contributor Jill Martin recently shared her journey with breast cancer. Just weeks after her mid-July diagnosis, she underwent a double mastectomy. Physically, the 47-year-old is doing &#8220;okay&#8221; post-surgery, but emotionally, she has faced challenges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1993525,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1993524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1993524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1993525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1993524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1993524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1993524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}