'Today' show contributor Jill Martin tells PEOPLE about her ongoing breast cancer treatments and why it's so important to tell her story in real time
The 'Today' show contributor tells PEOPLE about her ongoing breast cancer treatments and why it's so important to tell her story in real time, which she's been receiving treatment for since August, has been one of the hardest things she's ever had to go through.
Today's Jill Martin Diagnosed with Breast Cancer — One Week After Testing Positive for the BRCA Gene Martin also wants to point out that she was very vigilant about staying on top of her mammograms and sonograms. "I had a clean mammogram in January. By June I had a tumor, that I only caught because of the BRCA gene. So getting tested is very, very worth it."
"I am more confident than I've ever been the decisions that I'm making," she says. "So many people said, 'Are you sure you want to tell this story in real time?' And I said, 'This is the story I want to tell and I want to do it in real time because I wouldn't be able to heal properly knowing that people could have gotten tested and possibly taken preventative measures." She adds, "And so many people already have.
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