Two years later, it was unfortunately a different story.
Farr was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and underwent another lumpectomy.
She also received 28 days of radiation the following year.
She’s opening up about her experience now in hopes that others might learn from her mistakes.
At the time, she was told by her oncologist that all she needed was another lumpectomy.
Off you go."
“I was terrified because I knew I had a very small window,” she recalled.
“I felt absolute fury that someone could be so flippantly wrong.”
Farr added pointedly, “I could have been dead.”
She filed a complaint, and the oncologist retired the following year.
When speaking with People, she advised folks to always schedule and attend regular mammograms.
“Fear of breast cancer stops a lot of women from getting checked,” Farr said.
“But as terrifying as it is, you face it.”
The HGTV host also noted that keeping cancer a secret is not the best approach in the long run.
Farr also shared withSurvivor Netthat she wishes she had advocated for herself more throughout the process.
“I was never really given the option of just having a mastectomy,” she reflected.
“In retrospect, I wish I had been able to.
I didn’t push for it.”
She regrets not exercising more control over her treatment in general.
