R&B singer Shanice Wilson has shared details about a recent health scare.
Wilson took to Instagram on Sunday, Sept. 8, sharing in a video that three months ago she underwent a double mastectomy after being diagnosed with stage 1 ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) — an early form of breast cancer.
“This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to face in my life. But I know God is with me, and everything is going to go well,” she said.
DCIS, according to the American Cancer Society, is cancer that occurs in “cells that line the milk ducts of the breast.”
Wilson said she decided on an aggressive treatment plan.
“They told me they wanted to remove my breast. [I said] ‘Since you’re going to remove one, you might as well remove both because I want them to be the same. I don’t want anything popping up later in the other breast,’” she explained.
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In the caption of her post, the “I Love Your Smile” singer noted how she caught it early, urging her followers to get checked.
“Thank God I caught it early,” said Wilson. “I wasn’t ready to talk about it then but I’m strong enough to talk about it now. Please everyone get checked.”
The 51-year-old thanked her husband actor Flex Alexander, friends, and her medical team at the end of the video caption.
Alexander also took to Instagram, noting how he was “extremely proud” of his wife and called her a “superwoman.”
“Just had to say how extremely proud of wifey @shaniceonline I am! She took this head on like the SUPERWOMAN that she is!! Life throws us curve balls and we can either crumble or stand strong, I thought child birth was deep but that pales in comparison to the valley she’s come through,” wrote Alexander.
Below is the Instagram post from Shanice Wilson:
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