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Fox News contributor Kat Timpf has given an update months after revealing she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Timpf, who is most known for her panel contribution to the late-night comedy show Gutfeld!, explained in June that hours before going into labor in February, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Since then, she has received a double mastectomy on March 19 and another surgery over the summer. In a new interview with People, Timpf shared an update on her cancer journey, including yet another surgery scheduled for later this year.
“I got the mastectomy roughly a month after I gave birth. So that meant the first six weeks of my son's life, I wasn't sure exactly what my prognosis was,” she told the publication.
“It's scary, but it's empowering,” she added. “Losing your breasts forever is devastating, especially when you just gave birth and everyone asks you about breastfeeding. It's heartbreaking. But I keep reminding myself that I chose this over the alternative. Because the alternative would've been much worse for me.”
Adding a newborn child to the mix also resulted in struggles as she could not pick up her son on top of losing the ability to breastfeed.
“As a woman, as a mother, that was extraordinarily difficult because even though I knew it wasn't my fault and that I did what I did so I could be in his life for as long as possible, it made me feel like a bad mom,” Timpf said.
Currently, the reporter and comedian is preparing for her nipple reconstruction surgery, scheduled for December 4.
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