Katie Thurston, star of “The Bachelorette” Season 17, is giving the “uncut, raw” reality of going through Stage 4 breast cancer treatment at age 34.
In a June 1 video updating her followers on her journey, Thurston said she just finished her second month of treatment. She also noted that her cancer treatment lasts “technically forever.”
“After finishing two months of my medication, my hair is coming out in an unnatural amount of clumps — working on that,” she said, pointing to the camera. “I’m losing my memory. That’s great.”
Thurston recalled a recent event going through customs, likely referring to her return from a trip to Italy with husband Jeff Arcuri. She explained she was was asked where she was coming from and she couldn’t remember.
“But yeah cancer is s—–,” Thurston continued. “Sometimes, I’m like, ‘Stop feeling bad for yourself.’ Then other times, I’m like, ‘No, you’re allowed to feel bad for yourself. Cancer f—— sucks.’”
In March, Thurston revealed in an Instagram video that her cancer spread to her liver. Now, she explained that she has to make “big decisions on how to treat my liver.”
She had been considering radiation, ablation and histotripsy, which she said she ultimately chose to undergo with NYU Langone Health.
Histotripsy is a radiology procedure that uses ultrasound waves to treat liver tumors, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.
“Anyways, it’s National Cancer Survivor’s Day and, you know, every day that I’m alive, I’m a survivor,” she said in her June video with a laugh.
