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Samantha Harris is to undergo a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
The former 'Dancing with the Stars' co-host has revealed that having contracting the disease, she's decided to go under the knife next month to have her breasts removed to cure her of the illness.
Speaking to People magazine she said: "I was sick of feeling the way that I did in the days after the diagnosis. I knew I needed to take control."
The 40-year-old television personality first suspected there was something wrong when she felt a lump during a routine self-examination last year, and although nothing was detected during a prior mammogram she was still worried and decided to see a specialist.
A needle biopsy followed by a lumpectomy found that she had breast cancer, and she's admitted that at first she had no idea how she was going to cope.
She said: "I felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest."
However, after visiting three different specialists and being advised that her options were either to undergo a double mastectomy or a less-radical second lumpectomy with radiation treatment, she made her decision.
Samantha - who has daughters Josselyn, 6, and Hilary, 3, with her husband Michael Hess - admitted she then "felt so much calmer" after taking control of her treatment programme.
Samantha Harris to have double mastectomy
Samantha Harris is to undergo a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.
The former 'Dancing with the Stars' co-host has revealed that having contracting the disease, she's decided to go under the knife next month to have her breasts removed to cure her of the illness.
Speaking to People magazine she said: "I was sick of feeling the way that I did in the days after the diagnosis. I knew I needed to take control."
The 40-year-old television personality first suspected there was something wrong when she felt a lump during a routine self-examination last year, and although nothing was detected during a prior mammogram she was still worried and decided to see a specialist.
A needle biopsy followed by a lumpectomy found that she had breast cancer, and she's admitted that at first she had no idea how she was going to cope.
She said: "I felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest."
However, after visiting three different specialists and being advised that her options were either to undergo a double mastectomy or a less-radical second lumpectomy with radiation treatment, she made her decision.
Samantha - who has daughters Josselyn, 6, and Hilary, 3, with her husband Michael Hess - admitted she then "felt so much calmer" after taking control of her treatment programme.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth wants the UK and Ireland to "live together as neighbours and friends".
The monarch hosted a banquet for 160 people in honour of Irish President Michael D. Higgins at Windsor Castle yesterday (08.04.14) and spoke of the "regrettable pain" and urge to move beyond the "chequered history" between the two countries.
In her speech, she said the goal of the nations was simple, adding: "It is that we who inhabit these islands should live together as neighbours and friends. Respectful of each other's nationhood, sovereignty and traditions. Co-operating to our mutual benefit. At ease in each other's company.
"After so much chequered history, the avoidable and regrettable pain of which is still felt by many of us, this goal is now within reach."
In her speech, the monarch also recalled the historic visit she and her husband Prince Philip made to Ireland three years ago, and praised the contribution of Irish people to British life.
She added: "My visit to Ireland and your visit this week, Mr President, show that we are walking together towards a brighter, more settled future. We will remember our past but we shall no longer allow our past to ensnare our future. This is the greatest gift we can give to succeeding generations."
Mr. Higgins also addressed he assembled dignitaries, which included Taoiseach Enda Kenny, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
He told the queen: "We valued your apt and considered words when you addressed some of the painful moments of our mutual history and we were moved by your gestures of respect at sites of national historical significance in Ireland."
Queen Elizabeth hosts banquet for Irish president
Britain's Queen Elizabeth wants the UK and Ireland to "live together as neighbours and friends".
The monarch hosted a banquet for 160 people in honour of Irish President Michael D. Higgins at Windsor Castle yesterday (08.04.14) and spoke of the "regrettable pain" and urge to move beyond the "chequered history" between the two countries.
In her speech, she said the goal of the nations was simple, adding: "It is that we who inhabit these islands should live together as neighbours and friends. Respectful of each other's nationhood, sovereignty and traditions. Co-operating to our mutual benefit. At ease in each other's company.
"After so much chequered history, the avoidable and regrettable pain of which is still felt by many of us, this goal is now within reach."
In her speech, the monarch also recalled the historic visit she and her husband Prince Philip made to Ireland three years ago, and praised the contribution of Irish people to British life.
She added: "My visit to Ireland and your visit this week, Mr President, show that we are walking together towards a brighter, more settled future. We will remember our past but we shall no longer allow our past to ensnare our future. This is the greatest gift we can give to succeeding generations."
Mr. Higgins also addressed he assembled dignitaries, which included Taoiseach Enda Kenny, British Prime Minister David Cameron and Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.
He told the queen: "We valued your apt and considered words when you addressed some of the painful moments of our mutual history and we were moved by your gestures of respect at sites of national historical significance in Ireland."