The influencer recently shared with her followers the devastating news that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Grace Helbig is best known for co-creating and co-hosting the podcast, This Might Get Weird and hosting The Grace Helbig Show on E! in 2015.
Grace shared with her 2.6 million YouTube followers that she had been diagnosed with "triple-positive breast cancer." The included revealed she had undergone a series of tests about a month ago when she found out the news. Fortunately, Helbig shared that "Every doctor or medical professional or person that has any knowledge about cancer, they have said it is super treatable, it is highly beatable," adding, "We are going for a cure, not remission here, which is exciting, encouraging, helpful, good."
According to Grace, she noticed a "weird lump" in her left breast but had a hard time discussing it with her gynecologist. "I thought that I was just a stupid little girl that didn't know how girl bodies worked, and it's probably just muscle tissue," she explained. "Thank God I listened to that little voice inside of me that finally got the courage to bring it up to her." The podcast host said she was diagnosed with stage 2A, with her treatment plan consisting of six rounds of chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and surgery. "I even got my port placement in my arm yesterday," she said, "which is basically like a little Nano Pet-looking device that they embed in the skin under your arm so that when you start chemo, you can just be hooked up to the machine, like a little Roomba and a charging station. So, cute. Which obviously made this process much more real, which made me much more eager to tell you."
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In her candidly open YouTube video, Grace said she feels "so incredibly thankful to have an amazing husband and incredible family and friends who have been already so helpful." Helbig added, "Elliot and I got married last fall, and I really cashed in on the 'in sickness and in health' part of our vows, I think, way quicker than he expected." Luckily, she shared that she is "doing okay" after "a hard few weeks" but feels "ready to take this on… and just have to take it one step at a time."
