Former NBC Anchor Jenna Wolfe ‘Healing’ After Undergoing Mastectomy Following Breast Cancer Gene Diagnosis
usmagazine.comRoad to recovery. Former NBC anchor Jenna Wolfe underwent her second surgery since testing positive for the BRCA-1 breast cancer gene earlier this year.“Mastectomy behind me,” the journalist, 49, captioned an Instagram photo of herself in the hospital on Wednesday, April 12. “All that’s left now is recovery and healing… The most important part.
The hardest part. I FaceTimed with my kids tonight and the little [one] said to me, ‘you always say we can do hard things, mama.
Now we’re telling you the same thing. You got this. We love you.’”Wolfe — who shares kids Harper, 9, and Quinn, 8, with partner Stephanie Gosk — shared more glimpses into her post-surgery recovery via her Instagram Stories. “That’s my mom, who just beat stage 3 breast cancer, sleeping on the couch in the hospital by my side,” she captioned a video on Wednesday, adding, “I’m a lucky girl.”The reporter shared another update later that day. “Heading home,” she captioned an Instagram Story pic of herself dressed in regular clothes. “It’s time to heal … everything.”Last month, the Today alum revealed her diagnosis via a lengthy Instagram post. “About a month ago, I tested positive for the BRCA-1 breast cancer gene (meaning my chances of getting breast and ovarian cancer are … well … really high), leaving me little wiggle room to ‘mull over my choices,’” she wrote on March 29. “So without a ton of options, I stared down my fears, took a deep breath and opted for two pretty big surgeries.”Wolfe — who left her role as a Today correspondent and Weekend Today co-anchor in 2015 — continued: “My hysterectomy is the first.
It’s not fun, not easy, not at all pleasant (I’m terrified of needles) but it’s something I need to do. The second surgery, the bigger one, will
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