Grace Helbig revealed in an emotional video that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.The 37-year-old personality shared in the eight-minute video, posted on her YouTube and Instagram pages, that she received the diagnosis — triple-positive breast cancer — «about a month ago.» She called the news «shocking» and «surreal.»«It doesn't sound real, but it's real,» said Helbig, who has more than 2.6 million subscribers to her YouTube channel. «I've had a decent amount of time to process and start the process, so I'm finally ready to share with you.»She went on to say her breast cancer is «super treatable» and «highly beatable,» citing her doctors and experts familiar with the diagnosis. «We're going for cure, not remission here, which is exciting, encouraging, helpful, good,» Helbig continued, adding that her doctors believe it is stage 2A but cautioned they «are not entirely sure just yet.»Helbig shared the treatment plan, which consists of six rounds of chemotherapy, followed by surgery and hormonal therapy.
She acknowledged that going through the beginning stages of her treatment made everything «much more real.» «This whole thing has been a lot, to say the least,» Helbig said. «I am feeling every feeling all day long.
But I am so incredibly thankful to have an amazing husband [Elliott Morgan] and… you're really confronted with having to put yourself first.
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