
Katie Thurston is feeling optimistic after the most recent replace in her breast most cancers journey.
“Excellent news! My most cancers hasn’t metastasize[d],” the previous Bachelorette, 34, shared through her Instagram Story on Friday, February 21. Regardless of the small victory, Thurston famous that the most cancers was present in her lymph nodes “as anticipated.”
Detailing her subsequent steps, she continued, “Two extra appointments left in LA earlier than formally transferring to NYC March 1st. The anticipated order of issues is fertility (egg/embryo freezing), chemo, then surgical procedure.”
Noting that the previous week has been “A LOT,” Thurston concluded her put up by writing, “I’m so grateful for my household, mates, and group right here for serving to me make it to my present stage [sic] of thoughts. At this time I really feel calm, much less scared, and prepared.”
Earlier this month, Thurston shocked Bachelor Nation with the information of her breast cancer diagnosis. “I skilled a spread of feelings over the previous two weeks. Despair. Anger. Disappointment. Denial. After which power. Purposeful. Prepared,” she wrote in a prolonged Instagram post on Saturday, February 15. “I cried quite a bit. I attempted to even make a video as an alternative of this put up and couldn’t.”
Thurston declared that she’s “able to battle this” and thanked her fiancé, Jeff Arcuri, for being a pillar of assist. “I don’t understand how I’d do that with out you. The selfless love that you just smother me in is past something I imagined I’d be blessed with,” she gushed. “I really like you to the fullest on this lifetime and the following.”

She shared more details about her analysis through her Instagram Tales that very same day, revealing she initially dismissed a “small lump in my breast” as a benign cyst like one she had beforehand eliminated. After the spot continued to offer her ache, she underwent a mammogram and “needed to get a number of biopsies taken and despatched off for testing to verify.” Thurston famous that she was “ready on studying what stage” her most cancers was in.
Whereas navigating her well being battle, Thurston has been engaged on moving to New York City, “ideally close to Memorial Sloan Kettering Most cancers Middle,” she informed followers on Tuesday, February 18.
Thurston underwent another biopsy earlier this week, revealing through her Instagram Story on Wednesday, February 19, that the process “went a lot better this time.” She added, “Took lorazepam, defined my final appt struggles and requested for extra numbing, and so they allowed Jeff to be there holding my hand. Ready between appointments for the following one.”

The previous actuality star praised her fiancé as soon as once more after Arcuri, 36, postponed his upcoming comedy shows in New Zealand, Australia and Japan to assist her as an alternative.
“I used to be initially planning on transferring again to [Washington] to be with my household and begin care whereas Jeff continued his world tour,” she wrote through her Instagram Story on Thursday, February 20. “However he opted to postpone the upcoming dates to be by my facet and I’ll without end be so grateful for this selfless act.”