Susanna Reid underwent mammogram after Sarah Ferguson’s breast most cancers analysis
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usanna Reid mentioned she was inspired to get a mammogram after Sarah, Duchess of York urged girls to bear the routine screening following her breast most cancers analysis.
The Good Morning Britain presenter, 52, informed viewers on Tuesday about her expertise of the process, having initially been “resistant”, ignoring the letter reminding her to e book an appointment.
It comes after the duchess introduced in June that she had undergone an operation after discovering she had an early type of breast most cancers following a routine mammogram.
On Tuesday, Reid informed co-presenter Ed Balls on the ITV programme: “I’m not sure if this is too much information, I did go for the mammogram.
“Do you remember we were talking about Sarah Ferguson and she had urged everybody to go and do it.
“…(I said I was) really resistant to it and then there was a big a row, wasn’t there, about the fact that some health authorities weren’t sending regular reminders.
“I remembered that there had been a letter somewhere in the in-tray and so I did it.”
When requested if she had discovered the expertise “stressful”, Reid defined how the day had not gone to plan.
She mentioned: “It was slightly stressful because our lovely editor Daniel drove me there and then I left my mobile phone in the car and then I felt stressed because I didn’t have my mobile phone.
“I had to go up to someone else in the waiting room to ask them if I could possibly send an email from their mobile phone … Anyway, the point (was) I was completely distracted.
“… I went in and the nurse was absolutely lovely and it wasn’t in the least bit painful or uncomfortable.”
The TV star mentioned she was pushing aside the process as a result of she was anticipating it to be “far, far worse” than it was, and urged others to get checked.
She added: “The results came within a few weeks and I’m all clear.
“(It’s) worth doing, (I) don’t have to worry about it for another couple of years.”
It comes after Sarah, who’s the ex-wife of the Duke of York, spoke about her breast most cancers analysis and eight-hour surgical procedure on her podcast Tea Talks With The Duchess And Sarah, which she mentioned was “in the hope it encourages everyone who can to get screened”.
She additionally revealed she had named her reconstructed left breast “Derek” following a single mastectomy surgical procedure, and considered it as her “perky friend” who saved her life.