{"id":150373,"date":"2025-02-15T22:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/katie-thurston-reveals-breast-cancer-prepares-to-fight\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T22:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:38:37","slug":"katie-thurston-reveals-breast-cancer-prepares-to-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/katie-thurston-reveals-breast-cancer-prepares-to-fight\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Thurston Reveals Breast Cancer, Prepares to &#8220;Fight&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A long-time resident of Bachelor Nation needs our thoughts and our prayers.<\/p>\n<p>On February 15, Katie Thurston \u2014 a contestant on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/categories\/the-bachelor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bachelor<\/a> Season 25 and the lead of The Bachelorette Season 17 \u2014 announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"971\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-971x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519376 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-1943x2048.jpg 1943w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-911x960.jpg 911w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-1024x1080.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-1138x1200.jpg 1138w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-2177900562-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katie Thurston attends Us Weekly And Pluto TV\u2019s: Reality TV Stars Of The Year at The Highlight Room on October 10, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Jon Kopaloff\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 34-year-old confirmed her diagnosis in a \u201clife update\u201d on Saturday, thanking her fianc\u00e9, comedian Jeff Arcuri, and stating simply: <em>I have breast cancer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday I saw all the couples post their Valentines Day celebrations. I felt envious if I\u2019m being honest,\u201d the reality star continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJeff took me to Hawaii and after, we were going to travel the world before planting roots together in NYC finally. But instead, my Vday was spent coordinating a place to live as I have to go back to LA for more testing and treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Detailing the process of finding out about the disease, Thurston explained to followers that she \u201chad a small lump in my breast around the 10\u2019oclock [sic] spot, adding<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI discovered it myself. Thought maybe it was my period [or] maybe it was muscle soreness from working out. But, eventually, this lump never went away.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-519377 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1431581339-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katie Thurston attends the celebration for Nick Jonas\u2019 grand opening of his new San Diego rooftop restaurant with John Varvatos, Villa One Tequila Gardens on October 7, 2022 in San Diego, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Leon Bennett\/Getty Images for Villa One Tequila Gardens)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thurston learned of her diagnosis with cancer two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she \u201cexperienced a range of emotions\u201d during the period between then and now, when she decided to share it with the world. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespair. Anger. Sadness. Denial. And then strength,\u201d she wrote. \u201cPurposeful. Ready. I cried a lot. I tried to even make a video instead of this post and couldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Continued Thurston:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut one thing I did early on was search [for] other stories like mine. Other young women with breast cancer. Invasive ductal carcinoma. Mastectomy. Pregnancy after breast cancer. All of their stories helped. So I intend to be the same for others.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1024x927.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Thurston on a red carpet\" class=\"wp-image-503062\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-2048x1854.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-960x869.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1080x978.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1200x1086.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1024x927.jpg\" alt=\"Katie Thurston on a red carpet\" class=\"wp-image-503062 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-2048x1854.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-960x869.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1080x978.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188-1200x1086.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/06\/GettyImages-1478144188.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katie Thurston attends the premiere of Whitney presents The OnlyFans Roast of Bert Kreischer on OFTV at Sunset at the Edition on March 29, 2023 in West Hollywood, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Phillip Faraone\/Getty Images for OnlyFans)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This past June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2024\/06\/katie-thurston-reveals-she-was-raped-i-refuse-to-feel-defeated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thurston opened up about having been raped<\/a> in the past. She\u2019s been through a lot in her young life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is day one of sharing and is going to be a long one,\u201d Thurston wrote. \u201cThis first step of acceptance of my reality was the hardest. But I am ready to fight this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Bachelorette wrapped up her post by thanking her \u201cextraordinary husband to be,\u201d writing that she had \u201csaved the best for last\u201d and stating of Acuri:<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know how I\u2019d do this without you. The selfless love that you smother me in is beyond anything I imagined I\u2019d be blessed with. I love you to the fullest in this lifetime and the next.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"893\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor.png\" alt=\"Katie Thurston as a Suitor\" class=\"wp-image-401881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor.png 907w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-768x756.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-735x724.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-335x330.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-347x342.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-520x512.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-640x630.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"907\" height=\"893\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor.png\" alt=\"Katie Thurston as a Suitor\" class=\"wp-image-401881 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor.png 907w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-300x295.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-768x756.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-735x724.png 735w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-335x330.png 335w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-347x342.png 347w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-520x512.png 520w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor-640x630.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2021\/02\/katie-thurston-as-a-suitor.png\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Katie Thurston looks into the eyes of Matt James here\u2026 before he sent her packing on The Bachelor.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (ABC)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thurston advanced far on Matt James\u2019 season of The Bachelor\u2026 prior to being named the lead of her own Bachelorette season a short time later.<\/p>\n<p>She got engaged to Blake Moynes to conclude her season and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2022\/06\/katie-thurston-and-john-hersey-its-over-to-the-surprise-of-no-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then dated another contestant<\/a> after that engagement ended.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate Instagram post over the weekend, Thurston said she is \u201cwaiting on learning what stage\u201d of cancer she has, detailing:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting another biopsy on my lymph node, which will tell me more. I once did a 23andMe [DNA test] and was informed I did not have the BRCA gene. I\u2019ll be doing updated testing soon to know for sure. My family doesn\u2019t have a history of breast cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to chemotherapy, Thurston also plans to undergo a mastectomy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot sure on the order yet,\u201d she explained. \u201cMy fertility will be impacted by chemo. I have an appointment with my fertility doctor to preserve my eggs [first].\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/katie-thurston-reveals-breast-cancer-diagnosis-says-im-ready-to-fight-this\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes A long-time resident of Bachelor Nation needs our thoughts and our prayers. On February 15, Katie Thurston \u2014 a contestant on The Bachelor Season 25 and the lead of The Bachelorette Season 17 \u2014 announced she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Katie Thurston attends Us Weekly And Pluto TV\u2019s: Reality [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-150373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150373\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}