Sarah Ferguson jokes that she’s ‘proud’ of how her breasts look after her mastectomy and reconstruction and says: ‘I kind of like them’
Sarah Ferguson joked about how much she loves her post-mastectomy breasts, gesturing at them on GMB this morning, before laughing and testing whether she could say it on TV.
Sarah spoke on Great Morning Britain today about her cancer diagnosis following a single mastectomy and reconstruction of her left breast.
The Duchess of York later joked with presenters Susanna Reid and Ed Balls that she “kind of likes them” as she gesticulated and puffed out her chest.
‘Everything is fine?’ Sarah, 63, asked, bursting into laughter. Suzanne replied: “Yes? Well, you look fantastic. Yes, absolutely everything is fine,” and a grinning Ed added: “Everything is fine.”
Apologizing for her “braveness”, Sarah also revealed that she has since named her left breast “Derek”. She said, “Sorry to be so bold, if I may say so, but this is Derek, and it could be Derek, or it could be them.”
Sarah later joked to hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls that she “kind of likes them” as she gesticulated and puffed out her chest.
Sarah spoke on Great Morning Britain today about her breast cancer diagnosis and the only mastectomy she had on her left breast.
In June, Sarah underwent a grueling eight-hour operation at King Edward VII’s Hospital in London after being diagnosed with the condition.
Speaking on GMB, Sarah spoke about the moment she was able to tell doctors had found something during her mammogram.
“I saw they were moving very fast,” she said. “They said, ‘Well, we’ll just do another one,’ then, ‘Oh, we’ll just do this,’ and I said, ‘No, no, but you didn’t find anything, did you? No, I’m fine, aren’t I? “.’
“It felt like a blow. It’s as if someone left like that (gestures), and it was better to remove it.”
Sarah started grinning and then looked at her breasts and said, “I don’t know, I kind of like them.” Then she puffed out her chest proudly.
She went on to say that it was important to her to name her left breast after the surgery.
She said: “I’m really proud of it. I feel like my mastectomy is a badge of honor.”
Sarah’s cancer journey began in the spring when a routine test before her coronation first revealed something serious.
At the beginning of May, Sarah attended an appointment in London for a mammogram. Instead of getting full resolution as expected, the technician explained that a “shadow” could be seen in the chest.
Given the size of the area, a lumpectomy was ruled out and Sarah was urged to undergo one mastectomy, which would destroy the shadow of cancer cells on her breast.
Sarah was reported to be devastated but determined to proceed with the mastectomy as soon as possible, telling friends she had “no choice” but to undergo the operation.
Sarah started grinning and then looked at her breasts and said, “I don’t know, I kind of like them.” Then she stuck out her chest proudly
Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, as a guest on the TV show Lorraine in London, December 5.
But since the operation Sarah has radiated positivity and encouraged others to get tested, especially if they are scared.
She said this morning: “For those who think, ‘I can’t do this,’ because they might find something, the sooner they find something and remove it, and if they have to remove it, like a lumpectomy, a mastectomy or whatever they have to do, it’s okay, you’ve got it.
“And it’s okay to cry.” It’s normal to be afraid. It’s okay to say, ‘I’m really scared,’ but together we can get through it.”
Sarah also said that she now feels more able to be herself.
“It didn’t give me that moment of, ‘Oh, I’m so lucky, now I’ll go and give,’ I’ve always been like that,” she said.
“However, it gives me the opportunity to be myself. I feel like I’m talking to you myself.”