Maria Menounos Talks About Battling Cancer, Says It Was ‘A Really Scary Time’ As She Prepared To Welcome Her First Baby
14.09.2023 - 18:01
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Maria Menounos is opening up about her scary battle with pancreatic cancer and welcoming her first baby via surrogacy earlier this year.
Menounos’ baby girl, Athena, was born on June 23 after 10 years of fertility struggles.
Ahead of the birth, the TV personality, 45, was battling cancer and told ET Canada’s Cheryl Hickey how she didn’t think she was going to make it to see her little one be born at one point.
The “Heal Squad x Maria Menounos” podcast host recalled, “It was a really scary time. Hearing you have a large mass on your pancreas is one of the most terrifying moments I think you can have.
“Initially I thought that I was not going to make it. And it was scary because I knew Athena was on her way. And, you know, [my husband] Keven and I had conversations like, ‘okay, if this is what’s going to happen, this is what I would want.’ And we were sobbing and having those kind of like moments.”
The star — who previously beat brain cancer — went on, “It was really scary. But then I started to realize, well, maybe this isn’t the ending to the story. Maybe I can focus on what I want rather than what I don’t want. And so I started to choose wonder over worry as a wonderful tool that helped me. So I started saying, ‘I wonder what it’s going to be like when the doctor calls me with good news next.’ And it happened. ‘I wonder what it’s going to be like when I get out of surgery and I can heal and recover quickly.’ And it happened. ‘I wonder what it’s going to be like when I get to hold my baby and be healthy and safe.’ And it happened.
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“And so a lot of times it’s really hard when you get knocked