Maria Menounos is proving her pancreatic cancer battle isn’t keeping her down … going online to show off her surgery scars, which she says actually make her smile.
The entertainment reporter and host shared the revealing pic Sunday night, showing 4 healing scars across her stomach — saying her surgery earlier this year is something she’s extremely grateful for … sending love and thanks to everyone that helped her along the way.
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She adds, “Now I see the scars that I sunscreen up carefully to protect and I smile.” And, as you can imagine, she was met a lot of praise in the comments.
You’ll recall, Maria announced her stage 2 pancreatic cancer diagnosis in January, but said last week that her doctors missed her tumor during an initial exam — resulting in it doubling in size in only 2 months.
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Maria said on the “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast she’s since learned an MRI could’ve spotted the growth … but is still remaining hopeful as she looks into how docs missed the lump.
Regardless, Maria’s remaining positive about her health struggles — and with a baby girl on the way with her husband Keven Undergaro, she’s now got a few reasons to keep smiling.