Antonella Nester begins radiation treatment
- Beloved former QVC host Antonella Nester, 57, took to Facebook and YouTube on Thursday to share with fans the next steps she's taking in her battle with cancer.
- In November 2020, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and then breast cancer. She will now start radiation on Monday.
- dr. Connie Lehman, director of the breast imaging clinic at Mass General Hospital in Boston, tells SurvivorNet that it's very important for women to get a mammogram every year, especially if they haven't yet reached menopause. Monthly breast self-exams are also very important.
Beloved former QVC host Antonella Nester, 57, took to Facebook and YouTube on Thursday to share with fans the next steps she's taking in her battle with cancer. And she, of course, she shared the news with a big smile on her face, just like she did on TV for 20 years.
"Me and (my husband) Chris...we just got back from Philly because they had to turn to me," she said in the video. "Now I have about four tattoos!"
Nester went on to tell her fans that doctors have been planning her cancer radiation treatments, which will begin Monday, "and I'm excited because this is like the last round," she said. “I only have to do 16 treatments; I go every day, Monday to Friday, it takes me about two seconds, okay, about five minutes, then I'm done. She said she will also pick up the chemotherapy pills that she will take for five years.
Nester also shared with his fans something that happened a few weeks ago; She said at the time that it was "really scary", but "now I laugh about it and you can laugh too when you see it." She then shared a photo of her lips and face, which were swollen of some sort. of allergic reaction.
"I had an allergic reaction to something and my lips were swollen and my eyes were swollen," she says. "It's obvious that I won't look good with lip implants, which is always a question for me because I feel like I have chicken lips; there's nothing!" But: "Everything is fine," she adds.
She says that the night she had the reaction she was eating at a restaurant and was eating food that she had not eaten before. She ate crab, she says in the video, but "If I'm allergic to crab, kill me now! I just can't."
SEE ALSO: 'We're out of the rabbit hole': Former QVC host Antonella Nester gives fans an update on her ongoing cancer battle after completing her second round of chemotherapy
Nester's cancer diagnosis and his constant fight
Nester's world was turned upside down when she was fired from her job hosting QVC along with many of the network's other popular hosts in July 2020. But the bad news didn't stop there. In November 2020, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and doctors removed a lump on her left arm.
"When it rains it pours!!" she wrote on Facebook announcing the news. “I have just been diagnosed with a tumor on my left arm. Planning the surgery and knowing more afterwards... grrrrr... I'm falling behind in my life. People ask me if I'm worried, I really am not. Whether I'm worried or not worried... it's the same result. I'll keep you informed. Stay healthy and stay happy! Love you!!"
But when the doctors removed that lump, they found another one in her breast. After doctors examined this lump, Nester was diagnosed with breast cancer and told that she needed treatment. And this treatment is about to begin.
On April 18, he shared another video on Facebook to give fans an update on his treatment progress and plan. She said that during a visit to her oncologist, she was told that her prognosis looked quite promising and that she would have chemotherapy for three months. Chemotherapy treatments began in May. She and her husband Chris had to sell their home and her belongings to pay their medical bills. (Her husband of hers had also lost his job and later suffered a heart attack.)
Related: Former QVC Host Antonella Nester Fights Breast Cancer And Lymphoma And Pleas For Help With Hospital Bills; What are the treatment options?
Meanwhile, the couple moved into a 42-foot sailboat and sailed to Philadelphia, where treatment was scheduled to begin. They treated her through a port, which is an access area implanted under the skin of the chest. And right now, Nester's prognosis still looks promising.
"We also saw the cardiologist for him (Chris) today," Nester said in his Facebook video on Thursday. “We did a blood test; My whiteness has returned to normal. Everything looks like rainbows and sun!”
In a July video posted to YouTube, Nester announced that he had completed his second round of chemotherapy and had one more to go. She admitted that the second round was incredibly difficult, but she remained positive through it all.
When should I get a mammogram?
Mammograms are critical
The American Cancer Society says that women have the opportunity to start getting regular mammograms at age 40.to detect breast cancer and properly diagnose the disease. But by the time they turn 45, they should get a mammogram every year. Once you turn 55, women can switch to a mammogram every two years or continue with annual checkups.
In addition to mammography, breast self-exam is also extremely important; they should be done every month, Dr. Elizabeth Comen, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, told SurvivorNet.
"When we think about prevention, breast cancer prevention and awareness, the first step is that women need to be comfortable with their breasts and know how they normally feel," she says. "For some women, that may mean going to the doctor and doing a breast self-exam, so they know what normal breast tissue feels like, so if they feel anything unusual, if it's a lump or discharge, it's the nipple so they know what to ask and what to look for.”
"Some women have what's known as fibrocystic breasts, which means they have lumpy, lumpy breasts, and it's hard for them to know what's normal and what's not."
Dra. Connie Lehman, director of the breast imaging clinic at Mass General Hospital in Boston, tells SurvivorNet that it's very important for women to get a mammogram every year, especially if they haven't yet reached menopause.
Also Read: Former QVC Host Antonella Nester Lost Her Job She then she gave him cancer. Then her husband had a heart attack. The remarkable story of how she did it.
"We know that cancer grows faster in our youngest patients and that an annual mammogram can save lives," says Dr. Lehman. "After menopause, it may be perfectly acceptable to reduce that frequency to every two years."
"Let me be very clear: if you are between the ages of 50 and 74 and have not had a mammogram in the last two years, you are behind schedule. Please, have a mammogram."
Get to know your breasts with self-exams
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical screening process.
Antonella Nester begins radiation treatment
- Beloved former QVC host Antonella Nester, 57, took to Facebook and YouTube on Thursday to share with fans the next steps she's taking in her battle with cancer.
- In November 2020, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma and then breast cancer. She will now start radiation on Monday.
- dr. Connie Lehman, director of the breast imaging clinic at Mass General Hospital in Boston, tells SurvivorNet that it's very important for women to get a mammogram every year, especially if they haven't yet reached menopause. Monthly breast self-exams are also very important.
Beloved former QVC host Antonella Nester, 57, took to Facebook and YouTube on Thursday to share with fans the next steps she's taking in her battle with cancer. And she, of course, she shared the news with a big smile on her face, just like she did on TV for 20 years.
"Me and (my husband) Chris...we just got back from Philly because they had to turn to me," she said in the video. "Now I have about four tattoos!"
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Nester went on to tell her fans that doctors have been planning her cancer radiation treatments, which will begin Monday, "and I'm excited because this is like the last round," she said. “I only have to do 16 treatments; I go every day, Monday to Friday, it takes me about two seconds, okay, about five minutes, then I'm done. She said she will also pick up the chemotherapy pills that she will take for five years.
Nester also shared with his fans something that happened a few weeks ago; She said at the time that it was "really scary", but "now I laugh about it and you can laugh too when you see it." She then shared a photo of her lips and face, which were swollen of some sort. of allergic reaction.
"I had an allergic reaction to something and my lips were swollen and my eyes were swollen," she says. "It's obvious that I won't look good with lip implants, which is always a question for me because I feel like I have chicken lips; there's nothing!" But: "Everything is fine," she adds.
She says that the night she had the reaction she was eating at a restaurant and was eating food that she had not eaten before. She ate crab, she says in the video, but "If I'm allergic to crab, kill me now! I just can't."
SEE ALSO: 'We're out of the rabbit hole': Former QVC host Antonella Nester gives fans an update on her ongoing cancer battle after completing her second round of chemotherapy
Nester's cancer diagnosis and his constant fight
Nester's world was turned upside down when she was fired from her job hosting QVC along with many of the network's other popular hosts in July 2020. But the bad news didn't stop there. In November 2020, she was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and doctors removed a lump on her left arm.
"When it rains it pours!!" she wrote on Facebook announcing the news. “I have just been diagnosed with a tumor on my left arm. Planning the surgery and knowing more afterwards... grrrrr... I'm falling behind in my life. People ask me if I'm worried, I really am not. Whether I'm worried or not worried... it's the same result. I'll keep you informed. Stay healthy and stay happy! Love you!!"
But when the doctors removed that lump, they found another one in her breast. After doctors examined this lump, Nester was diagnosed with breast cancer and told that she needed treatment. And this treatment is about to begin.
On April 18, he shared another video on Facebook to give fans an update on his treatment progress and plan. She said that during a visit to her oncologist, she was told that her prognosis looked quite promising and that she would have chemotherapy for three months. Chemotherapy treatments began in May. She and her husband Chris had to sell their home and her belongings to pay their medical bills. (Her husband of hers had also lost his job and later suffered a heart attack.)
Related: Former QVC Host Antonella Nester Fights Breast Cancer And Lymphoma And Pleas For Help With Hospital Bills; What are the treatment options?
Meanwhile, the couple moved into a 42-foot sailboat and sailed to Philadelphia, where treatment was scheduled to begin. They treated her through a port, which is an access area implanted under the skin of the chest. And right now, Nester's prognosis still looks promising.
"We also saw the cardiologist for him (Chris) today," Nester said in his Facebook video on Thursday. “We did a blood test; My whiteness has returned to normal. Everything looks like rainbows and sun!”
In a July video posted to YouTube, Nester announced that he had completed his second round of chemotherapy and had one more to go. She admitted that the second round was incredibly difficult, but she remained positive through it all.
When should I get a mammogram?
Mammograms are critical
The American Cancer Society says that women have the opportunity to start getting regular mammograms at age 40.to detect breast cancer and correctly diagnose the disease. But by the time they turn 45, they should get a mammogram every year. Once you turn 55, women can switch to a mammogram every two years or continue with annual checkups.
In addition to mammography, breast self-exam is also extremely important; they should be done every month, Dr. Elizabeth Comen, a medical oncologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, told SurvivorNet.
"When we think about prevention, breast cancer prevention and awareness, the first step is that women need to be comfortable with their breasts and know how they normally feel," she says. "For some women, that may mean going to the doctor and doing a breast self-exam, so they know what normal breast tissue feels like, so if they feel anything unusual, if it's a lump or discharge, it's the nipple so they know what to ask and what to look for.”
"Some women have what's known as fibrocystic breasts, which means they have lumpy, lumpy breasts, and it's hard for them to know what's normal and what's not."
Dra. Connie Lehman, director of the breast imaging clinic at Mass General Hospital in Boston, tells SurvivorNet that it's very important for women to get a mammogram every year, especially if they haven't yet reached menopause.
Also Read: Former QVC Host Antonella Nester Lost Her Job She then she gave him cancer. Then her husband had a heart attack. The remarkable story of how she did it.
"We know that cancer grows faster in our youngest patients and that an annual mammogram can save lives," says Dr. Lehman. "After menopause, it may be perfectly acceptable to reduce that frequency to every two years."
"Let me be very clear: if you are between the ages of 50 and 74 and have not had a mammogram in the last two years, you are behind schedule. Please, have a mammogram."
Get to know your breasts with self-exams
Learn more about SurvivorNet's rigorous medical screening process.