<p>You all remember Ananda Lewis, as she has served as the host to some of our favorite shows throughout the years.</p>
<p>In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, she <em><a href="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/ananda-lewis-reveals-that-she-is-battling-stage-3-breast-cancer-as-she-encourages-women-to-get-their-mammograms-sooner/">opened up</a></em> about a battle that she has been fighting for the past few years. In a video posted to her social media, she revealed that she is battling stage 3 breast cancer.</p>
<p>She shared that in the past she refused to get mammograms and admits that was her mistake. She <em><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CF0tE2gHxw8/">said</a></em>, “I watched my mom get mammograms for almost 30 years, and at the end of that, she had breast cancer, and I said, ‘Huh? Radiation exposure for years equals breast cancer. Yeah, I’m going to pass. Thanks anyway.’”</p>
<p>She continued to reveal that she detected something was wrong on her own.</p>
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<p>&#8220;If I had done the mammograms from the time they were recommended when I turned 40, they would have caught the tumor in my breast years before I caught it through my own breast exam and thermography. And they would have caught it at a place where it was more manageable — where the treatment of it would have been a little easier. It’s never easier, but I use that word in comparison to what I’m going through now. Instead, what I’m dealing with is stage 3 breast cancer that is in my lymphs. I need you to get your mammograms.”</p>
<p>Ananda continued to mention that she has been using natural treatments as well.</p>
<p>She concluded, &#8220;I need you to share this with the women in your life who may be as stubborn as I was about mammograms and I need you to tell them that they have to do it. Early detection, especially for breast cancer, changes your outcome. It can save their life.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Check out her full message below:</p>
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