A survivor. Sofía Vergara recalled her terrifying diagnosis during the Stand Up to Cancer telethon.“At 28 years old during a routine doctor’s visit, my doctor felt a lump in my neck,” the Modern Family alum, 49, told viewers during the Saturday, August 21 broadcast. “They did a lot of tests and finally told me that I had thyroid cancer.
When you’re young and you hear that word — cancer — your mind goes to so many places.”Vergara was at the beginning of her acting career while living in Miami and caring for her then-10-year-old son, Manolo Gonzalez Vergara.“I tried not to panic and I decided to get educated,” the Hot Pursuit star recalled. “I read every book and found out everything I could about it.
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