SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Former U.S. Consultant Jackie Speier introduced on Thursday that she’s battling most cancers.
“I simply turned one of many 300,000 ladies per yr who’re recognized with breast most cancers,” she stated in a Fb put up.
Rep. Speier stated it was found early, and she or he had a profitable lumpectomy on Tuesday.
“I had a mammogram in June of 2023 and was scheduled for one in June this yr. I virtually did not go due to summer time actions. Thank goodness I did not cancel.”
She stated she is being handled at UCSF.
“The lesson right here is, please be diligent about your personal screenings and do not skip them.”
Speier served because the U.S. consultant for California’s 14th congressional district, serving in Congress from 2008 to 2023.
Bay Space Rep. Jackie Speier was shot and left to die in what turned the most important mass murder-suicide in American historical past. She says the lesson we have to study from the Jonestown bloodbath is to be vigilant about religions that function in secrecy.
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