Katie Thurston revealed by way of social media that her breast most cancers has progressed to stage 4 and her docs additionally came upon the lethal illness has unfold to her liver.
“After days of ready, sadly, I did discover out as we speak that my breast most cancers has unfold to the liver,” the previous “Bachelorette” star shared in a publish on Instagram Friday.
“It’s pretty small, nonetheless it does put me at stage 4.”
In mild of the brand new discovery, Thurston, 34, is scheduled to start out her “new remedy plan,” which can contain chemotherapy starting April 4.
“I do know stage 4 can sound very scary, and it may be,” she continued.
Regardless of her prognosis, the ABC alum mentioned she is “very optimistic” about her final result since she is “triple constructive” and the cancerous spots that docs discovered on her liver are “pretty small and detected early.”
Earlier this week, Thurston instructed her followers she scheduled a liver biopsy after her docs in New York ordered a PET scan, an imaging check that checks for indicators of most cancers within the physique’s organs and tissues.
“Sadly in my case, it did detect some spots on my liver that had been slightly suspicious,” she mentioned by way of her Instagram Tales on the time, per Us Weekly.
The truth TV star transferred her medical care to the town after she moved from Los Angeles.
Thurston introduced she was recognized with stage three breast most cancers in February, shortly after celebrating Valentine’s Day together with her now-husband Jeff Arcuri.
“Jeff took me to Hawaii and after, we had been going to journey the world earlier than planting roots collectively in NYC lastly. However as an alternative, my Vday was spent coordinating a spot to reside as I’ve to return to LA for extra testing and remedy,” she wrote on Instagram on the time.
The previous “Bachelor” contestant shared that she “skilled a spread of feelings” following the information.
“Despair. Anger. Disappointment. Denial. After which power. Purposeful. Prepared. I cried so much. I attempted to even make a video as an alternative of this publish and couldn’t,” she added.
Thurston then married Arcuri earlier this month earlier than beginning remedy for her breast most cancers.
The couple wed in an intimate ceremony of their New York Metropolis yard with simply their mother and father current.
Thurston instructed Us Weekly on the time, “Clearly, we had been desirous to plan a marriage, and there’s numerous feelings that are available in with chemo and the impression and the well being, and we don’t know what the following yr appears to be like like.”
