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(KRON) — Former U.S. Consultant Jackie Speier took to X, previously Twitter, on Thursday to announce she had been identified with breast most cancers.
“I’ve private information that I need to share with you as a result of we are able to all be taught from it,” wrote the previous long-time Bay Space Democratic consultant. “I simply grew to become one of many 300,000 girls per yr who’re identified with breast most cancers.”
The excellent news, Speier stated, is that her situation was identified early. Speier, who previously represented California’s 14th congressional district, stated she’d undergone a profitable lumpectomy on Tuesday.
“I had a mammogram in June of 2023 and was scheduled for one in June this yr,” Speier stated. “I virtually didn’t go due to summer time actions. Thank goodness I didn’t cancel.”
Speier stated she was handled at UCSF, the place she acquired “glorious care.”
“The lesson right here is, please be diligent about your personal screenings and don’t skip them,” she added.
Speier, a survivor of the 1978 Jonestown bloodbath in Guyana, was first elected to Congress in 2008 and served till 2023.
