MASTER organizer, Clea Shearer, took to Instagram on April 7, 2022, to announce her recent cancer diagnosis.
The mother of two is undergoing surgery on Friday with high hopes of overcoming the battle.
On Thursday, April 7, Clea Shearer, 40, revealed she has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer.
She took to Instagram to share the news with her followers:
“I have breast cancer. It’s a hard thing to say, but it’s easier than keeping it to myself… I have two tumors, 1 cm each, that are aggressive and fast moving – but I caught it early…
“It’s a personal choice to make this public, but sharing my experience makes cancer feel purposeful,” Shearer wrote.
“If I can convince any of you to self-examine on a regular basis, self-advocate always, and to prioritize your health over your busy schedules – then this will have meant something…
“I have to admit, for the first few days I endured the ‘why me’ feelings. But quickly, I started to think ‘honestly, why NOT me?!’
“I have all the support, resources, and a platform to help other people through this. So if anyone has to have breast cancer, I’ll gladly let it be me.”
Shearer will undergo a double mastectomy surgery on Friday.
The outcome of the surgery will determine whether or not she will need chemotherapy or further treatments.
After a self-examination, Shearer found two small lumps in her right breast while she was in New York City ready to film a segment for The Today Show.
After an urgent visit to the doctors, she learned she had stage 1 invasive mammary carcinoma on March 11.
Shearer told People in an interview, “I felt something, a mass, a lump. But I didn’t know what a lump actually even felt like, so I was just in my hotel room Googling, ‘What does a breast tumor feel like?'”
Mammary carcinoma is an invasive type of breast cancer that often attacks local lymphatics and capillaries, according to Science Direct.
The same website also reports: “The infiltrative characteristics of the tumour in conjunction with the degree of invasion into local lymphatics and capillaries are important in determining the long-term prognosis.”
Speaking with People about her thoughts on her cancer diagnosis, Shearer said:
“I’m a fighter. If anyone can crush cancer, it is me. I’m literally afraid for cancer and I’ve got this.
“Even though I know that I’ll be scared the night before, and I’m sure, in the first weeks of recovery, I’ll be pretty grumpy, but it doesn’t mean that I feel any less resolute about absolutely nailing it and putting cancer in my rearview.”
Clea Shearer is a professional organizer and star of Netflix’s newest show: Get Organized with The Home Edit.
She is married to John Shearer, a photographer and the pair have two children – Stella, 11, and Sutton, 8.
Clea and her partner, Joanna Teplin, are known for their amazing makeovers, under tight deadlines.
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