Sarah Ferguson reveals she's had a mastectomy after cancer diagnosis

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Sarah Ferguson has confirmed she has undergone a single mastectomy after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. The Duchess of York revealed on her Tea Talks podcast that she had been diagnosed with the disease and undergone intensive surgery.On the podcast, the 63-year-old said that by the time the podcast had aired on Monday, the surgery would be complete.She said: “We’re taping the podcast today, and tomorrow I’m going for a single mastectomy.

It’s very important that we speak about it, when it airs, I’ll have been through this."“I don’t care if no one wants to hear from me, I’m telling you I’m doing this, and I’m telling people to go get screened.”Sarah explained she had an extensive family history of cancer, after her stepfather Héctor Barrantes died of prostate cancer aged 50 in 1990, and her father Ronald Ferguson died of prostate cancer in 2003.“It’s vital that we wake everyone up to go get screened.

Not just breast cancer, all the checks,” she said.Fergie revealed that the cancer was found during a routine check-up.“It was easy to put off,” she explained.“My sister said: ‘No go, I need you to go.’ She was ringing me up about something else and getting forceful with me saying I had to go.”The mother-of-two added: “I have to go through this operation, and I have to be well and strong.

And therefore, no choice is the best choice.“I’m going to go out there and get super, super well — super strong.”Sarah said she was using the diagnosis as the instigator of a health kick and might “do an Iron Man” or travel to Scotland, Austria and Wales and to “climb mountains”.“I’m taking this a real gift to change my life.