šŸ’” Kat Timpf’s pain: Diagnosed with breast cancer 15 hours before her son was born, she faced a ‘terrible’ call – a double mastectomy. ‘I just want to be here for him,’ she sobbed.

FOX News anchor Kat Timpf told her fans that she was forced to make a ā€˜devastatingā€™ medical decision after finding out she had cancer last month.

Timpf, 36,Ā announced on social mediaĀ last week that she found out she had breast cancer just 15 hours before she gave birth to her son.

Kat Timpf in a purple hoodie.
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Kat Timpf posted on social media responding to fans who are criticizing her medical decisionsCredit: Instagram/kattimpf

Kat Timpf on Gutfeld!
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The Fox News personality recently announced she has breast cancerCredit: Fox

Pregnant Kat Timpf pointing to her name written on a wall.
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The diagnosis comes just 15 hours before she gave birth to her sonCredit: Instagram/kattimpf
In a long post,Ā TimpfĀ told the world that she was diagnosed with stage zeroĀ breast cancer.

ā€œLast week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer,ā€ Timpf wrote.

ā€œNow, before you worry, my doctor says itā€™s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasnā€™t spread.

ā€œOr, as Iā€™ve explained to the few people Iā€™ve managed to tell about it so far: Donā€™t freak out. Itā€™s just, like, a LITTLE bit of cancer.ā€

She ended her announcement by saying that she feels ā€œluckyā€ to have caught the disease so early and to be a mother to her newborn son.

Timpf, who stars on the Fox News show Gutfeld and wrote the book I Used to Like You Until, is answering her followersā€™ questions onĀ InstagramĀ regarding her diagnosis and treatment plans.

ā€œThank you so much for all of the support; itā€™s meant so much to me,ā€ Timpf began her video.

ā€œThis is obviously a really crazy, difficult time, and I really do appreciate it. But I wanted to address a few things because Iā€™ve also been really overwhelmed with medical advice.ā€

The comedian went on to address commentersā€™ thoughts on her ā€œextremeā€ plans to get a double mastectomy.

ā€œTrust me, thereā€™s no one for whom that seems more extreme than me,ā€ she said in the video.

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Timpf said she doesnā€™t take the operation ā€œlightlyā€ but is following the advice of medical professionals around her.

ā€œI find it devastating, but I am very grateful to have access to the opinions of many brilliant minds when it comes to breast cancer,ā€ she said.

ā€œI have been very lucky to have a team that is very knowledgeable on this and the focus of all these conversations is whatā€™s the best thing to do to keep me alive so Iā€™m around for my son for a long time.

ā€œEvery case of breast cancer is very different. There are a lot of details of mine that I havenā€™t shared.ā€

The author asked her followers to ā€œtrustā€ that she is making the right choice for herself and everyone else in her life.

ā€œI just want to say trust that Iā€™m making the best decision for me and my family,ā€ she said.

Kat Timpfā€™s full statement

An Unconventional Birth Announcement

Last week, I welcomed my first child into the world. About fifteen hours before I went into labor, I was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Now, before you worry, my doctor says itā€™s Stage 0 and is confident that it almost certainly hasnā€™t spread. Ā Or, as Iā€™ve explained to the few people Iā€™ve managed to tell about it so far:Ā Donā€™t freak out. Itā€™s just, like, aĀ LITTLEĀ bit of cancer.Ā 

Still, it was not a chill day. I mean, to say the least! I woke up more-than-a-week-past-due pregnant, completely consumed by doing everything I could to get the baby out. By the middle of the afternoon, I was waddling around from appointment to appointment, talking about how to get myĀ cancerĀ out. I sat and listened as they told me that the best course of action would likely be a double mastectomy as soon as possible. I asked all the questions I could, including if I could get a copy of my tumor ultrasound to put on the fridge next to the ultrasound of my baby. Finally, by the middle of the night, I was crawling around on the floor of my apartment in spontaneous labor, before heading to the hospital to meet my baby, whom Iā€™d learn at the time of birth was a son.

The good news? People who work at hospitals make excellent audiences for dark humor ā€” and, as someone whose first book was about the power of jokes to get through traumatic situations, there was really no better place for me to be. Just minutes after my boy was born, I was talking with the nurses about what a birth announcement in my situation might look like.

Should I go with ā€œMom and baby are doing well, except maybe for momā€™s cancer, and then maybe the baby after breastfeeding is stunted by her double mastectomy,ā€ and then shut off my phone for a week?

Anyway! These next three months of maternity leave are going to look a lot different than Iā€™d anticipated, and Iā€™m still getting used to my new reality. Still, as I navigate new motherhood (and new cancer) Iā€™m learning to celebrate everything I can. Iā€™m lucky that we found the cancer so early; Iā€™m lucky to be my sonā€™s mom. I mean, I know Iā€™m biased, but the little dude absolutely rules ā€” and not just because he might have saved my life.

Thank you all for your support, laughter, and love as I embrace this wildly unexpected chapter. Hereā€™s to resilience, to miracles in the midst of chaos, and to finding humor and hope even on the toughest days.

Kat

ā€œIā€™m getting the best medical advice that I could possibly be getting.ā€

Followers left loving messages of support under her short Instagram video.

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ā€œYou are loved. Praying for healing and knowledge for your Drs,ā€ one woman commented.

ā€œYou are a bright spot to this world, and Iā€™m so thankful to see you even though youā€™re having to tell ppl to mind their own business.ā€

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