Sarah Ferguson gives an update on her battle with breast cancer

Sarah Ferguson has revealed that she is “recovering at home” after her mastectomy in her latest podcast episode.

News broke last week that the 63-year-old Duchess of York had been diagnosed with the disease and had successfully undergone a single mastectomy at King Edward VII’s Hospital in London.

Recovering at home at Royal Lodge, Windsor, where she lives with her ex-husband Prince Andrew, she has the full support of her family.

Speaking on her new Tea Talks with the Duchess and Sarah podcast, which launched today, she said she didn’t feel like she had been “brave” or “courageous.”

Meanwhile, she spoke about how Beatrice and Eugenie had responded to her diagnosis, saying: “I think it’s terrifying for any member of the family, you really start to see your own demise.” It’s a wake-up call, and you think, how am I going to deal with this?

Sharing a clip on Instagram, she wrote: ‘I’m in recovery right now, but I’m looking forward to sharing my story here on my podcast, hoping it encourages everyone who can to get tested.

‘Thank you does not quite cover all my doctors, nurses and medical professionals. I am more than lucky to have you.

“I encourage everyone to get checked out.”

At the beginning of the podcast, Fergie explained that her daughter Beatrice had chosen her outfit for her, adding: “I have to say, it’s really extraordinary to accept a new you.”

“You can’t be complacent with yourself or with life or with how lucky you are.”

She continued: ‘It’s really important that my father was right – the show must go on.

“But be careful with every word you say, be kind to yourself and people, and be very grateful.”

She went on to discuss how she had coped with her diagnosis, saying that she had sought out mastectomies as soon as she heard she had a shadow on her breast.

He said he felt ‘we can do this’ after speaking with a reconstructive surgeon.

Fergie explained, “We’ve got to make people realize it’s not right, but if you’re going to get it, catch it quick.”

Meanwhile, he opened up about how Beatrice and Eugenie had responded to his diagnosis, saying it had been “terrifying” for the whole family.

‘And go and say, ‘I can do this. It’s not bravery, it’s not courage, it’s about understanding that you’re not going to feel like you used to for a while, so don’t try to be a superhero.

‘Take small steps, have the cup of tea, trust people. It is very important not to be complacent about everything now.’

Later, she said she felt “extraordinarily lucky” but said it had given her a new appreciation for life.

She said: ‘Today, before I came over and did the podcast, I was in the car and I said, ‘No, can we go around?’

I went back inside and hugged Beatrice. I really wanted. Just to be thankful.

And she said, “Mom, I thought you were gone.” And I said, “Thank you.”

She said she had received an ‘outpouring of kindness’ and ‘love’ with letters and flowers, adding: ‘It’s really amazing the love I’m getting from the whole nation, it’s extraordinary.’

Meanwhile, Fergie said it was “very touching” to receive notes saying how brave she had been.

The Duchess’s cancer nightmare began less than two months ago when a routine test first detected something seriously wrong before the Coronation.

In early May, Sarah kept an appointment in London for a mammogram. Instead of receiving the go-ahead, as expected, the technician explained that a ‘shadow’ could be seen within her.

A source close to the Duchess told the Mail on Sunday: “Most people tend to associate breast cancer with a lump, but that’s not always the case.”

“The patient can detect a lump, but this was a ‘shadow’, which can go undetected because it’s a broader spread of cancer cells that can be detected through screening.”

“In Sarah’s case, a biopsy was taken from the shaded area of ​​the tissue and a few days later the results came back to confirm the diagnosis: breast cancer.”

Given the size of the area, a lumpectomy was ruled out and Sarah was strongly advised to go ahead with a single mastectomy, which would eradicate the shadow of cancer cells in the breast. Sarah was said to be devastated but determined to go through with a mastectomy as soon as possible, and she told friends of hers that she “had no choice” but to go through with the operation.

Christina Choy was the surgeon who performed the mastectomy.

The Mail on Sunday revealed the full extent of her ordeal, including four days in intensive care at the private hospital where the Duchess was monitored around the clock.

Once it was complete, consultant plastic surgeon Stuart James, who was once hailed as one of the best breast doctors in the country by Tatler magazine, took over and performed a breast reconstruction using the ‘DIEP flap’ technique. By coincidence, Prince William meets Mr. James.

In 2013, the heir to the throne attended an operating room at The Royal Marsden Hospital in Chelsea, where James explained the breast reconstruction procedure.

The special procedure is so complex that only highly trained surgeons can attempt it.

It consists of making an incision in the abdomen and removing stomach fat to form a new breast.

Experts say this can take more than six hours because it involves microvascular surgery that involves cutting and then reattaching delicate 2mm blood vessels.

But the duchess endured a grueling eight-hour operation as surgeons battled breast cancer.

The 63-year-old man was diagnosed with the disease and successfully underwent a single mastectomy at King Edward VII Hospital in London.

This week, The Mail on Sunday revealed the full extent of her ordeal, including four days in intensive care at the private hospital where the Duchess was monitored around the clock.

A friend of the Duchess, who is now back home, said: “The surgery was very long, it lasted eight hours, and it was more complicated than people think.” Today, the message that she wants to send is that she is very grateful to those who saved her and she feels very lucky to be alive.

In particular, the Duchess would like to thank the two incredible surgeons Christina Choy and Stuart James who carried out the operation and all the medical team who worked tirelessly to assist her.

But the time under general anesthesia took its toll on Sarah Ferguson, whose vital signs were later monitored in intensive care for four days.

She told friends last week that she faces a “long road” to recovery, but she’s determined to “beat it.”

Her youngest daughter, Princess Eugenie, “almost moved in” to help care for her mother, while her sister, Princess Beatrice, is said to be a frequent visitor and “constantly on the phone”.

Andrew has been on hand to help and friends and family have come together to provide hot meals and run errands.

A Buckingham Palace source confirmed that the King had also written to his former sister-in-law, sending his sincere wishes for a speedy recovery.

A Palace source said plans for the Yorks to move from Royal Lodge to Frogmore Cottage, Harry and Meghan’s former home, have been “quietly shelved” for now.

The Duchess would like to thank the two amazing surgeons Christina Choy and Stuart James who carried out the operation and all the medical team who worked tirelessly to help her.

Andrew has been on hand to help and friends and family have come together to provide hot meals and run errands.

The Duchess of York, whose stepfather Hector Barrantes died of lymphatic cancer in 1990 at the age of 51, has long been a supporter of charities working to combat the disease.

In November of that year, he opened a specialist cancer unit at London’s Middlesex Hospital for the Teenage Cancer Trust. Since then, Ella Sarah has become a patron of the charity and attends almost every inauguration of new units of the charity. Over the years, her daughters Beatrice and Eugenie have joined her mother in supporting the charity.

Sarah said both princesses spent their 18th birthday visiting adolescent cancer units.

Revealing her own battle with cancer before her operation, Sarah Ferguson said on her podcast: “I volunteered to work for the Teenage Cancer Trust…because my stepfather died of cancer.”

‘He was a wonderful man. He adored it.

A source said that, after a period of recovery, the Duchess intended to “spread the word” and work to raise awareness of the importance of early detection of cancer.

She told her podcast: ‘I’m telling people to get checked out. Go get evaluated. Go do it. I don’t mean just breast cancer, but all cancers.’