Tina Knowles, Beyoncé’s mother, has finally spoken out about her breast cancer diagnosis. In her most recent memoir, “Matriarch: A Memoir,” she discusses the health issue in depth. Knowles found out she was sick at a long-overdue mammography appointment.
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Writing, “My doctor told me I had breast cancer,” she shared the devastating news. Two tumors—one small and malignant in my left breast and another larger and benign on my right—needed to be removed.
She reassured me that my prognosis was good and claimed that I was in Stage 1A. Consultation with a breast surgeon and oncologist was the subsequent stage. Knowles kept the news from Beyoncé until the day of the diagnosis.
How Beyoncé handled the news of her breast cancer diagnosis was described by her as “taking it well, staying positive, and I could already feel her mind racing, focusing on this as a task to tackle with precision,” according to her.
“She would locate the best specialist for me, and I vividly recall her saying, ‘I want you to get a second opinion on whatever the course of treatment is,'” Knowles continued.
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A private meeting with “one of the top breast surgery specialists in the country” was arranged for Knowles by her famous daughter, according to Knowles. Knowles announced her cancer-free status in a post-op note. The procedure involved a breast reduction as well.