Maria Menounos Recalls Battle With Pancreatic Cancer: 'I Thought I Was a Goner'
etonline.comMaria Menounos is revealing she secretly battled stage 2 pancreatic cancer, for which she was diagnosed in January, and the 44-year-old TV personality says the painful ordeal had her thinking she «was a goner.»In the new issue of , Menounos says she was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in January, just one month prior to her announcing she was expecting her first child, via surrogacy, with her husband, Keven Undergaro.
The podcast host said she ultimately underwent successful surgery to remove a 3.9-cm. tumor, and she's encouraging others to be on top of their health, because catching her cancer early helped save her life.«I need people to know there are places they can go to catch things early,» she tells the outlet. «You can't let fear get in the way.
I had that moment where I thought I was a goner — but I'm okay because I caught this early enough.»At first, Menounos says a trip to the hospital last June for severe leg cramps revealed she actually had type 1 diabetes.
She was prescribed insulin and then embarked on a strict diet that also called for her to monitor her glucose levels. Menounos said she was «crushing it» — in terms of managing her type 1 diabetes — by the time October rolled around.
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