Isabella Strahan left in tears after latest cancer update
Isabella Strahan found herself in tears while sharing another cancer update with the public.
However, while her journey so far has been a difficult one, this update left Strahan in “happy tears.”
“It’s not even considered crying when it’s happy tears,” the daughter of former NFL star Michael Strahan said.
As Strahan revealed, she now only has two more rounds of chemotherapy left, which means she will be done sooner than expected.
“Today’s a great day,” she said.
“I’ll be done in May. And I can kind of try and have a summer to feel better,” she continued. “And I’m so happy cause I thought I’d be done at the end of July. I was supposed to do six rounds in total. And then I really would just have to go straight back to school. I’m so happy.”
This update comes just two months after suffering a setback during her cancer journey.
Months after revealing her battle with brain cancer, Strahan has been opening up about the trial and tribulations in weekly YouTube videos, giving people a firsthand look at her strength.
In one of those YouTube video, Strahan opened up about the painful side effects she has been experiencing while undergoing chemotherapy.
“My head hurts,” Strahan explained as she held an ice pack to her head. “I feel like I’m having a heart attack. My heart hurts.”
Sadly, that’s not all the side effects she’s been dealing with.
“My eyes are strained, they hurt to look to the sides,” Strahan continued.
“My whole mouth feels like I got one giant root canal. Every single tooth, just ripped out and not even surgically put back in. My jaw hurts, the bottom of my tongue hurts. It hurts when I gulp water.”
Strahan admitted she was in so much pain because of the chemo that she would prefer to undergo radiation and brain surgery again.
“I would say I prefer brain surgery too, but that might be extreme,” she said. “This one’s just the longest journey.”
The video was captured from Strahan’s couch at home, the first time she had been home in weeks. And while Strahan admits she does enjoy being home, she doesn’t mind the long stays in the hospital that much because she “feels safe.”
The 19-year-old also talked about her lack of appetite, joking she should change the names of her social media accounts to Mrs. Potato head because they only thing she has eaten in days is potatoes.
Nonetheless, while recording the video she admitted she was craving a thin crust pizza with pepperoni and pineapple from Domino’s.
This story was originally published April 11, 2024 at 9:00 AM.