Brooke Burke Charvet has revealed that she’s battling thyroid cancer and will be undergoing surgery.
Burke’s doctors originally found a nodule in her neck back in July.
The “Dancing with the Stars” host told her story in a video today titled “Cancer: Me?”
“Long story. I got my results back and they were not good,” she said in the video posted on her ModernMom blog. “I need to have thyroid surgery, which means that I am going to have a nice big scar, right here, across my neck.”
The 41-year-old actress says she feels optimistic. “I feel really good… I’ve never felt better, that’s what’s so crazy about this whole thing” and vows to “make a positive out of this negative thing.”
Burke said she wanted to announce the news herself, as to not spark any rumors. “I didn’t want anyone to read about it and get the wrong idea,” she explained.
The star adds, “I’m ready to deal with it, and I’m going to be fine. And I feel really strong.”
She concluded that she plans to keep fans updated on her progress now that she has had time to digest the news.