The new Boy Meets World fans were dreading to hear was that absolutely anything is wrong with out beloved Topanga. But life isn’t perfect.
Danielle, 43, shared that she was recently diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), in the latest episode of her podcast Pod Meets World, released on Monday, Aug. 19.
“So I would like to share something with our listeners … I was recently diagnosed with DCIS which is a form of breast cancer,” the mom of two shared alongside her co-hosts Rider Strong and Will Friedle.
“It is very, very, very early. It’s technically stage zero,” Fishel added. “I was diagnosed with high grade DCIS with micro invasion. And I’m going to be fine, I’m having surgery to remove it.”
Fishel added that she is also having “some follow-up treatment.”
“The only reason I caught this cancer when it is still stage zero is because the day I got my text message that my yearly mammogram had come up, I made the appointment,” the actress continued about her diagnosis.
“For some reason I had always thought [if I were diagnosed with cancer] I would suffer in silence. I would get the diagnosis, I would not tell anyone,” she said on the podcast. “I would tell only my small group and then I would just suck it up. And then when I’m on the other side of it then I would tell people.”
We’re so grateful she caught everything early. I can not stress enough how important regular mammograms are. I have to force myself sometimes, but it’s always over in 10 minutes and for the whole day I get to feel extra adult.