NBC’s Sara Gore is giving an update on her health after sharing her breast cancer diagnosis.
“Hi, friends. Just a little update…” Gore wrote via Instagram on Sunday, July 12. “I’m doing really well. Let’s get that out of the way. Currently cancer free. Hallelujah. 🙌 I’m still in the reconstruction phase and will be for months. It’s truly a journey. Healing has taken some time, but every week I’ve felt a little more like me again.”
She continued, “Thank you for the books. The food. The flowers. The prayers. The puzzles. The cards. The texts. The calls. Every thoughtful gesture that came my way. I felt EVERY bit of it. You carried me through some really hard days, and I’ll never forget your kindness.”
Gore shared that she would be returning to New York Live and Open House “soon,” adding that she “honestly can’t wait.”
“Until then, I’m soaking up these last few slow mornings appreciating all the moments that usually move by too fast to notice,” she wrote. “It’s good to be here. I love you all. 🤍.”
Gore shared on air in April that she wanted to open up about something “a little more personal” with viewers.
“I was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and I’m going to be stepping away for treatment and surgery,” Gore said. “If I didn’t say that I was a little bit scared, I’d be lying — and caught off guard, quite frankly, because I watched my mother and my sister go through this.”
Gore explained that she “always knew” she was “high risk” for breast cancer due to her family’s medical history.
“I always assumed this day would come,” she continued of her diagnosis. “But let me tell you, you’re never ready. You’re just never ready, for some reason, even when you catch it early because you’re doing everything right.”
Gore became emotional as she added, “It is an emotional blow and I wasn’t ready for that. That actually really surprised me. It really stung.”
Gore shared that she is “exactly” where she needs to be, which includes being “surrounded by incredible doctors and people who are taking such good care of me” both at home and work.
“I feel very supported and as hard as this is, I’m choosing to believe — at least for me, in this moment in time — that maybe there is a gift in this even if I don’t fully understand what it is yet,” Gore said. “I’m working on that part.”
She continued, “If anything, it’s already a reminder of how precious life is and how important it is to focus on what really matters … I’m going to come back better than ever, and I’m going to see you on the other side of this.”
