Giuliana Rancic: I Have Breast Cancer at 37
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Giuliana Rancic had an announcement to make during a Monday morning appearance on The Today Show -- but it wasn't the one she or anyone wanted or expected.
Instead of a happy pregnancy announcement, Rancic, 37, told Ann Curry: "I have early stage breast cancer." The E! News host and Giuliana and Bill star made the frightening discovery back in August, as she was preparing for her third attempt to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization.
Rancic explained that her doctor sternly insisted that she get a mammogram before going through with the third IVF treatment. (The pregnancy hormones could "accelerate the cancer," Rancic recalled her doctor as saying.)
The star, who said she has no family history of breast cancer, "wasn't prepared to get a mammogram until i was 40 years old," she admitted. "I never in my wildest dreams expected anything to be wrong."
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When the hospital called a few days later to tell her the shocking news, Rancic admits she was immediately "sobbing...It was like the world just crashed around me."
But a visibly emotional Rancic assured fans, "I will be okay, because I found it early. I'm doing surgery this coming week, and then I go to radiation for six and a half weeks."
At her side throughout the ordeal is husband Bill Rancic, 40. "Bill is unbelievable," Rancic gushed. "He lets me cry when I want to cry. He just lets me feel what I want to feel."
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And the spouses of four years are determined to continue in their attempts to conceive once Giuliana's medical isseus are resolved. "I'm not gonna give up," she said. When she does get pregnant, "That baby will have saved my life," she mused. "There's some master plan. Now I know that [God] was looking out for me."
She urged all women to get tested for breast cancer. "I think a lot of us think we're invincible," she said. "We have to start putting ourselves on the to do list."
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70my prayers are with you. u will get through this, i believe that.
Thoughts and prayers to you as you recovery from your recent surgery. Stay strong! You are so blessed to have such a wonderful, supportive family by your side and they will help you get through this difficult time. Here's to a speedy recovery! :)
You will beat cancer. Believe in your heart you can do it and you can. My motto everyday "Fight Like A Girl, My Mama Did" believe in your heart and it will all be okay! :) I'll keep you in my prayers!
I'm 32 & I'm very proactive about my check-ups, b/c I come from a LONG line of BC survivors. I'm sending you all my love, prayers, support, & most of all HOPE~! You are strong, you are a fighter, & you are destined to be a wonderful mother to a very lucky child, or children~ You are an amazing woman with so many people that love you & support you, let them! Hang on to that, cherish that, & draw your strength from it when days are hard. You will get through this, have the family that you so want & deserve, and have your happily everafter~! I love you, you are in my thoughts & prayers, & I wish you a complete & speedy recovery~
Geez, this poor woman just can't catch a break. Prayers to you Giuliana!
I so sorry to hear about your breast cancer my sister die of it,but I know when you visit your doctor back your prognosis will be find I praying for you.Good-Luck
Clearly she is one top of things and is seeing a great specialist. Yes their are strains of breast cancer that are hormone induced. I pray for her and my best advice for fertility is by diet. Your blood type vs your husbands an be a factor. Yeah was curious about this. This could be part of her issue and following a blood type plan for both could make her dreams come true. No more IVF
May God bless you and your family. You are in my prayers. For Bill: Be by her side; she needs you now more than ever.
anyone going thru cancer is tough and my prayers go out to all those who have it for a speedy recovery. she should consider herself lucky not everyone has the luxury to find it in time nor be able to survive while living a normal life with kids bills and responsiblities. my prayers are with those women who really struggle.
Good bless you! My prayers are with you, and your family.
i was stunned when i heard that Giuliana Rancic has brest cancer, she's my favorite e news reporter, i was so upset and god bless her and Bill.
Its very sad that she has Cancer ...... but this women is attention seeking , first her fertility dramas now Cancer ... you should not display all this for the world to see..... Things like this should be private....... I hope she recovers.....
This poor girl can't ever catch a break!!!.This couple have ben so desperately want to become parents,now this???!!!.I really like tem,they both seem like good people ,sometimes life throws curb balls at you.I know this first hand.This will cement their love for one another even more. Best of luck God bless them both.
I don't mean to sound rude or unsympathetic to her situation, I can never possibly imagine what she is going through. But it doesn't matter how old you are, you can get breast cancer. One of my sisters friends got breast cancer at age 16. It happens, We should be all shocked the Guilianna has it. With that said, I hope she can get past this.
I am so very sadden at the news of Giuliana DiPandi Rancic and Bill Rancic's such news is awful to have. It's early and she could be one of the lucky ones who find it early, and get rid of it, never to have it return. I'm just glad she found it before getting anymore of those IVF treatments. I'm glad it was found early, but still sad it happened, and it happened to them. They seem like very nice, down to earth people, the couple and their family's. Of course this is only from their show, I've seen this, but even camera's on people will make them be on their best behavior, it's a reality show, and they like to show the people in them as a real family and promblems and sex sells these shows more than all the nicey-nice things. I haven't seen too many bad things, though. My prayers are with them. It is a very nasty disease and I've had many women I've known and even n my family, to get breast and other cancers, have a tough road to walk down. Good Luck Giuliana and Bill Rancicl
To many women in my family have had breast cancer, and this one strikes with no symptoms. I will wear pink, if it helps, untill I pass. This disease must be eradicated, and women should never need to worry about something like this.
May God continue to bless you Guiliana! You and Bill are such beautiful people, inside & out, and I pray that you overcome this newest hurdle quickly and hold your baby in your arms soon!! Have faith.
wow i hope she recovers soon. glad she caught it early.
OMG that's terrible!!!!! i know about 3 other celebs who have the same thing in common like you in a way. just remember-you are NOT alone!!!! my mom has an old friend who JUST had the cancer removed. and SHE'S going through kemo. we're all here for you and we're going to love you through it no matter what.
Giuliana and Bill has shown to the world that they can conquer any obstacles by staying and encouraging one another through Love. Guile, your operation is going to be a success. Remain positive. Love ya!