Hoda Kotb spoke of his battle against breast cancer almost 20 years after the diagnosis.
Speak with People magazinethe first Today The host shared that although experience has changed it but never defined it.
She said to Recovery track Event, “I mean, there are people who will have breast cancer. I didn’t think I was one.”
“I mean, I ate apples and I ran to Central Park. I was like me? When they called me, they said to themselves:” Oh, it’s you. “I’m going to:” It can’t be me. I have never done things that would lead to this diagnosis, but yet it came, “added Kotb.
Kotb has shared the most important thing to do when you receive a cancer diagnosis is to “take a deep inspiration and slow down”.
She said: “Regarding breast cancer, it’s a bit like, do it early, get it out and try not to be defined by this.”
“It can shape you, but if it defines you, then you will spend your life feeling a certain way. So, it’s like understanding that it is part of me, but not all. It will change me and I will be different now,” added Kotb. “But what you will find is that you are more courageous, you are more resilient.”
The journalist added: “When I had breast cancer, I remember thinking of myself, will I never feel pretty in an outfit? Will I never feel comfortable? How will I look?” “”
“I look at what’s going on here today and it’s extraordinary. It’s important,” said Hoda Kotb.
