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<p>Social media users are sharing their prayers and support for CNN anchor <strong>Sara Sidner</strong>. According to <a href="https://people.com/sara-sidner-breast-cancer-diagnosis-exclusive-interview-8423441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PEOPLE</a>, the 51-year-old recently revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">Sara Sidner Shares The News On Air</h3>
<p>According to the outlet, Sidner shared the update with &#8216;CNN News Central&#8217; viewers during a live broadcast on Monday, January 8.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I want to start by doing this and asking you a big favor. Just take a second to recall the names of eight women who you love and know in your life,&#8221; she said. &#8220;&#8230;Statistically, one of them will get or have breast cancer. I am that one in eight in my friend group&#8230;&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Sidner explained that she has &#8220;never been sick,&#8221; doesn&#8217;t smoke, rarely drinks alcohol, and breast cancer does not run in her family.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;And yet, here I am with stage three breast cancer. It is hard to say out loud,&#8221; the anchor shared while becoming emotional.</p></blockquote>
<p>The news anchor explained that she is in her second month of chemotherapy treatments. However, she will have to undergo radiation and a double mastectomy to have her breasts removed.</p>
<p>Despite this, the 51-year-old declared that stage three breast cancer &#8220;is not a death sentence.&#8221; However, she did note that Black women are <a href="https://www.keep-a-breast.org/black-women-breast-cancer?gclid=CjwKCAiA-vOsBhAAEiwAIWR0TRxemRO6b6sIJUaFsfKmgGn0XYHrMMuQLIxF_98cykGgZ0bdCftETRoCyEcQAvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">41% more likely</a> to pass away from breast cancer.</p>
<p>Watch her sentiments below.</p>
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<p>Additionally, Sidner took to <a href="https://twitter.com/sarasidnerCNN/status/1744497274892230673" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, formerly known as Twitter, to share the clip with another message.</p>
<blockquote><p><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">&#8220;Please for the love of God get your mammograms and do your self exams. I want you to thrive my sisters&#8230;&#8221; she wrote.</span></p></blockquote>
<h3 style="text-align: center;">Social Media Shows Support For Sara Sidner</h3>
<p>Social media users entered <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C13VCz9sNmj/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Shade Room&#8217;s comment section</a> to share their support and prayers for the news anchor.</p>
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<div>Rapper Scrappy also chimed in.</div>
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<div>&#8220;Omg may God walk with you and give you strength and comfort we all are standing with you my granny died from cancer f$&;@ cancer&#8221;</div>
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<div>Furthermore, Sidner also entered the comment section with additional sentiments.</div>
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<div class="x9f619 xjbqb8w x78zum5 x168nmei x13lgxp2 x5pf9jr xo71vjh x1uhb9sk x1plvlek xryxfnj x1c4vz4f x2lah0s xdt5ytf xqjyukv x1cy8zhl x1oa3qoh x1nhvcw1"><span class="x1lliihq x1plvlek xryxfnj x1n2onr6 x193iq5w xeuugli x1fj9vlw x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x1i0vuye xvs91rp xo1l8bm x5n08af x10wh9bi x1wdrske x8viiok x18hxmgj" dir="auto">&#8220;This is a message to me sisters . Please please PLEASE do your self checks and mammograms. I caught it by accident self exam. And if you happen to be diagnosed with breast cancer just know I am here praying for you . You can survive this. I’m here to tell you cancer treatment is not what it used to be. I want my sisters to thrive not just survive .&#8221;</span></div>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;">More Details Regarding The News Anchor&#8217;s Diagnosis</h3>
<p>Sidner sat down with <a href="https://people.com/sara-sidner-breast-cancer-diagnosis-exclusive-interview-8423441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PEOPLE</a> for an exclusive interview about her diagnosis, published on Monday. During the conversation, the 51-year-old shared her initial reaction to the news.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;When I got the news, I didn&#8217;t tell anybody, not even my mother or husband or sisters or friends. I just needed to process it,&#8221; she said. &#8220;The first thing I thought of was, &#8216;You better start writing letters to the people you love because you&#8217;re not going to be here.&#8217; So I started writing one to my mom, who was struggling with her own health situation.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>However, Sidner explained that her perspective on the diagnosis shifted from dismay to gratitude.</p>
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<p id="mntl-sc-block_1-0-18" class="comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html">&#8220;I just made a decision. I&#8217;m like, &#8216;No, you&#8217;re going to live and you&#8217;re going to stop this and you&#8217;re going to do every single thing in your arsenal to survive this. Period.&#8217; And I have been so much happier in my life since,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;&#8230;I mean happier than I was before cancer.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Additionally, she shared why she decided to go public with her diagnosis.</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t put my personal stuff out there that often, but I can do something for someone because I have cancer. I can warn somebody,&#8221; she said.</p></blockquote>
<p>Furthermore, Sidner explained that she is now focused on &#8220;living and loving.&#8221;</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m living and I&#8217;m loving living because I know it can be short,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how this is going to end&#8230; [but] we have the ability to feel joy at any point as long as we&#8217;re breathing.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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