Danielle Fishel opens up about her recent health scare during Monday’s episode of her Meets World Podcast podcastThe 90s icon revealed his breast cancer The 43-year-old actress noted that her co-hosts and former co-stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong were among the few people she broke the news to for the first time. She began the episode by telling her followers that she would “like to share something with the listeners.”
Boy Meets World star reveals shocking cancer diagnosis
Fishel, who is best known for playing Topanga Lawrence on the beloved sitcom The boy meets the worldShe revealed that she was “recently diagnosed with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma in situ, which is a form of breast cancer.” However, she assured her fans that the diagnosis came at such an early stage that it is “technically stage zero.”
“To be more specific, I was diagnosed with high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ with microinvasion. And I’m going to be fine,” she continued, adding: “I’m going to have surgery to remove it. I’m going to have follow-up treatment. I’ve had to make a lot of decisions in the last few days.”
The Boiling Pot star explained that she previously had apprehensions about publicly revealing her cancer diagnosis. “If you’ve ever had those thoughts in your life where someone close to you is diagnosed with cancer“Somewhere in the back of your mind you’re thinking, ‘What would I do if I were you? What would I do in this situation?’” Fishel said.
“For some reason, I always thought I would suffer in silence. I would get the diagnosis and I wouldn’t tell anyone. I would only tell my small, small group. And then I would accept it. And when I got over it, I would tell people,” she continued.
Fishel went on to say that over time she has noticed a change in her mindset that allows her to openly talk about her personal problems. “And as I’ve gotten older, I’ve tried to learn from other people’s experiences, because I don’t think I did enough when I was younger,” she said.
He Severity falls The actress revealed that she first shared the news about her diagnosis with her husband, Jensen Karp, and the rest of her family. “And then I realized that the more I talk to people, the more people have their own experiences, whether they themselves have been diagnosed with cancer or a family member has been diagnosed with cancer,” Fishel added.
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