The 'Anne With an E' actress has decided to go under the knife for a double mastectomy procedure after she was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year.
- Nov 12, 2021
AceShowbiz - Teenage "Anne With an E" star Miranda McKeon has undergone a double mastectomy.
The 19-year-old actress announced the news via Instagram on Wednesday (10Nov21), revealing the surgery took place in San Francisco, California.
"Today is the big day!!! I've arrived in SF to have the surgery that I've been anticipating for almost 5 months," the Netflix favourite wrote beside a photo of herself posing by the Golden Gate Bridge. "I'll be having a double mastectomy - a procedure to remove all of the breast tissue under the skin on both sides as well as some lymph nodes on my right side."
"This will get rid of any cancer and significantly decrease my risk of reoccurrence in the future. This also means that I will be cancer free!"
"After tens of hours of meetings with surgeons and so so so much research (mostly done by my mom, thank you mom!) I truly feel like I found the perfect team..."
McKeon added, "Whereas with traditional mastectomies, women are left mostly totally numb in their chest - I will have a sensation preserving mastectomy which is safe from an oncologic standpoint but more care is taken when cutting nerves and nerve grafts are done to reconstruct cut nerves. While it will certainly take a bit of time, I'm so grateful that I will return to looking and feeling like myself...!"
"Today step 2/3 will be finalized with radiation to follow. As always, I can't thank everyone enough for their continued support. The people in my life show up for me each and everyday in ways that are so tender and heartwarming. I'm one lucky girl!!!!!!"
Miranda was diagnosed with breast cancer, which had already spread to her lymph nodes, in June (21) after finding a lump on her chest.
