Followers are pouring out their love and assist for Tina Knowles who simply introduced her expertise with a devastating well being battle. The mom of Beyoncé and Solange spoke with Gayle King on “CBS Mornings” in an interview that aired Tuesday (April 22).
Knowles shared that she delayed a mammogram appointment after lacking it through the COVID-19 pandemic. She didn’t reschedule her routine screening till years later in 2024.
She admitted how she has “all the time tried to handle myself. I simply…was in disbelief,” after docs found two tumors in her left breast in August. She underwent a lumpectomy, additionally known as a partial mastectomy or breast-conserving surgical procedure, to take away a breast tumor whereas preserving the breast itself.
Not lengthy after, the 71-year-old was identified with breast most cancers in her left breast. One of many eliminated tumors have been benign, however the different had Stage 1 most cancers.
“I used to be nervous,” she recalled earlier than her surgical procedure. She additionally added how her daughters, Beyoncé, 43, Solange, 38, and some buddies visited her within the hospital for assist throughout her secret well being battle. “I simply went in there feeling similar to God has bought me,” she added.
Regardless of the delay, the most cancers was thought of slow-growing. Knowles was advised that if she had maintained her common screenings, as an alternative of Stage 1, detection might need occurred at Stage 0. In line with the American Most cancers Society, Stage 0 is when the most cancers has not unfold past the breast tissue.
After the surgical procedure, the Texas native had developed an an infection that nearly pressured her to overlook Glamour’s 2024 Ladies of the Yr ceremony that October, the place she was being honored. Knowles remembered Beyoncé was noticing one thing was off about her, and inspired her to not attend the occasion.
“She was like, ‘Your well being is extra essential. Don’t go,’” the style designer remembered. However she was adamant on accepting the award in individual after admitting she “refused to be acknowledged” for “a whole lot of my life.” She added: “I might by no means take an award. I might by no means need the eye to me. This was my saying, ‘I deserve this.’ ”
As of right now, Knowles is now cancer-free.
Followers took to X to share their assist for the beloved matriarch.
Knowles’ ex-husband of 30 years, Mathew Knowles, was additionally identified with breast most cancers in 2019. He underwent a mastectomy and is now most cancers free. He’s an avid advocate for early detection and genetic testing for males.
“Information present that one out of six new breast cancers develop in people who find themselves within the age vary of 40 to 50,” Pouneh Razavi, M.D., medical physician and featured skilled at John Hopkins Drugs, says. “Cancers detected throughout screenings are often early-stage, and the sooner we catch a most cancers, the higher the prognosis and survival price for the affected person.”
Sufferers are inspired to start out screenings at age 40.