Wanda Sykes’ Battle With Breast Cancer, “Yeah, it’s scary.”

47-year-old comedic actress, Wanda Sykes, recently opened up and discussed her battle with breast cancer. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show she explained how she discovered and fought to save her life.

She explained:

“I had breast cancer…Yeah, I know it’s scary…This was in February. I went for the reduction. I had real big boobs and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat … Oh lord. I’d carry a Tide stick everywhere I go…My back was sore so it was time to have a reduction….It wasn’t until after the reduction that in the lab work, the pathology, that they found that I had DCIS [ductal carcinoma in situ] in my left breast. I was very, very lucky because DCIS is basically stage-zero cancer. So I was very lucky.”

She continued:

“But cancer is cancer. I had the choice of, you can go back every three months and get it checked. Have a mammogram, MRI every three months just to see what it’s doing. But, I’m not good at keeping on top of stuff. I’m sure I’m overdue for an oil change and a teeth cleaning already.I have a lot of breast cancer history on my mother’s side of the family.”

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