Danielle Fishel addressed her health conditions publicly. On the August 19 episode of her Pod Meets World podcast, which she hosts with former co-stars Will Friedle and Rider Strong, the Boy Meets World alum opened up about her cancer diagnosis. However, she assured her fans that she is not critical and doing fine. The actress gained immense fame for playing the role of Ben Savage’s love interest Topanga on the sitcom in the seventh long season. Let’s check out the complete details she shared about her current condition.
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The 43-year-old details her current health status precisely. She said, “I would like to share something with our listeners. Something that Rider and Will were actually the first people I told the news to. I was recently diagnosed with DCIS, which stands for ductal carcinoma in situ, which is a form of breast cancer. It is very early. It’s technically stage zero.”
The actress added, “I was diagnosed with high-grade DCIS with micro invasion. And I’m gonna be fine. I’m having surgery to remove it. I’m gonna be on some follow-up treatment. I’ve had to make a lot of decisions over the last couple of days.”
Despite initially deciding to “suffer in silence” she later changed her mind after learning a lesson from author and motivational speaker Glennon Doyle.
“She often talks about how a lot of people like to save sharing their experiences until they’ve come out on the other side of it so they can say, ‘Here’s the pretty picture of it all, here’s what I’ve learned,’” ‘The Dish’ star added. “But the place you have the most to learn from is at the very beginning of a story, or in the very messy middle of a story.”
She first shared the news with her husband with whom she shares kids Adler, 5, and Keaton, 2, her brother, and her parents. However, opening up to people gave her encouragement to share her experience.
The mother-of-two noted, “The more people I talked to, the more people had their own experiences either themselves being diagnosed with cancer, or a family member. The world of resources and experiences that can be shared by sharing it, and things that can be learned.”
Fishel is also driven towards creating awareness of this disease, as she clarified, “The only reason I caught this cancer when it was still stage zero, is because the day I got my text message that my yearly mammogram had come up, I made the appointment. I hope that it will encourage anyone to get in there. If you have to find out that you have cancer, find out at stage zero.”
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