Katie Thurston to undergo double mastectomy and 'boob job'
The Bachelorette star was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer in February and she has now revealed she will have an operation in a few months to remove her breasts and then have a "boob job" and it has been a difficult process to come to terms with.
Speaking on the Off the Vine podcast, she explained: 'We waited to see that the medicine is working. And it is.
"So we're gonna basically give it three more months, and then I can do a double mastectomy, get a boob job if I want, which is, I think, the route I'm gonna go...
'It's been a challenge of, like, 'I've worked my whole life to finally be confident in my breast era and then you're telling me I gotta chop them off and get new ones?' "
The 34-year-old beauty joked her husband Jeff Arcuri hopes she goes bigger with her breast implants, even though she is a "petite" woman.
Katie said: "With petite women sometimes, it can be too much."
And Jeff interjected: "I make jokes, but I don't care."
The reality star - who has put into medically-induced menopause earlier this month - is still hopeful about her future, even though she knows she will "technically" have cancer "forever".
She said: 'My hope for the future is that, whether it's this year or next year, I'll be like, 'Hey guys, there's no evidence of disease.'
"Even though technically, stage 4 is not curable. Technically, medically, I will have breast cancer forever.
"But with so much advancement happening and the way that I caught it when I did, I'm very optimistic.'
Despite her health issues, Katie has been doing her best to live life to the full and relished a recent vacation to Greece.
She said on her Instagram Story: 'I enjoyed wine. I enjoyed the sugars, you know, the desserts. I enjoyed the memories that I'm making.
'Because what's the point of not living when you're given today? You know, when you're given life? And that's how I feel every day, I'm just like, 'Thank you.' Every night I go to bed, I'm like, 'Thank you for giving me today.''
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