The Bachelorette Season 17 star Katie Thurston has provided a vulnerable update as she continues to fight stage 4 breast cancer. Katie expressed her feelings and hopes with fans days before a crucial medical scan, confessing the emotional burden she has to bear and her determination to stay strong.
In a tearful video shared on Instagram, Katie shared news of her upcoming "check-in scan" on July 7, a critical stage in determining if the treatment she is currently receiving is having an effect on the tumors. "July 7 is my big check-in scan to see how the meds are working with my tumor. Good news would be either no growth or even shrinkage," she said, adding tearfully. Her words were those of hopeful realism, tinged with the terrible uncertainty of living and dying with an advanced-stage diagnosis.
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The checkup comes almost five months after Katie shared her diagnosis for the first time. While the news rocked supporters and fans, the former reality star has been navigating her new reality with quiet power. In the picture, she recorded herself vacationing in Greece, delighting in small pleasures and holding onto the life-affirming notion amid the ever-present burden of cancer.
"When those monthly scans or appointments come and go, I allow myself the next 28 days to really forget that I have cancer," she shared. It's a survival mechanism she's grown into a way of living that's a mix of Thanksgiving and mere survival. Katie said that optimism isn't a piece of cake, but learning to reframe her thoughts has been key to her emotional well-being. Perhaps most startlingly, she's never inquired of her oncologist about her life expectancy. Stage 4 is a very scary mindset sometimes because it is forever,' she said of her condition, which she acknowledged as chronic, but she declined to focus on its worst-case results.
Her pilgrimage is one of thousands, and we all know that hope and fear are often tightly intertwined. In doing so, she is normalizing conversation about cancer, survival, and emotional resilience through another round of public sharing. But with July 7 a day away, fans and well-wishers are sticking by, praying for the kind of good news that mom would love to crow about: no growth, or maybe even the tiny wonder of shrinkage. Until then, Katie Thurston is living wide with strength, purpose, and grace.
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July 04, 2025
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