Tina Knowles is opening up about her breast most cancers battle, urging different girls to be vigilant with their mammograms.
The mom to Beyoncé, 43, and Solange, 38, is letting the world in on her non-public journey with breast most cancers, which is available in tandem with the discharge of her “intimate and revealing” memoir, Matriarch. The entrepreneur, 71, was blindsided final July when docs found stage 1 breast most cancers in her left breast. The information got here shortly after she and Beyoncé launched their Cécred hair care line, whereas she was ending writing Matriarch.
“It’s essential to not slack in your mammograms,” she advised PEOPLE whereas speaking concerning the analysis. “I struggled with whether or not I might share that journey [in the book] as a result of I’m very non-public. However I made a decision to share it as a result of I believe it’s lots of classes in it for different girls.”
She continued, “And I believe as girls, generally we get so busy and we get so wrapped up and working round, however you should go get your check. As a result of if I had not gotten my check early, I imply, I shudder to suppose what might have occurred to me.”
That’s when Knowles revealed she, herself, had missed getting her scheduled mammogram, saying, “I forgot that I didn’t go to get my check two years earlier than I believed I had, as a result of Covid got here they usually known as me and canceled me they usually stated, we’ll name you once we begin testing once more. And I simply thought I had carried out it. So you can’t mess around with that.”
In Matriarch, Tina additionally shares how her daughters handled the information. Beyoncé, “took it properly,” she stated, “Staying optimistic, and I might already really feel her thoughts racing, specializing in this as a activity to sort out with precision.” As for Solange, she stated, “Mother, we’re going to handle this.”
Knowles stated that her bonus daughters Kelly Rowland and her niece Angie Beyince additionally stood by her aspect, writing, “My ladies turned my group.”
Late final 12 months, Tina underwent surgical procedure to take away the tumor, together with a breast discount. “I’m doing nice,” she advised the outlet. “Most cancers-free and extremely blessed that God allowed me to seek out it early.”
Mathew Knowles, Tina’s ex-husband and the well-known father to Beyoncé and Solange, additionally had a battle with breast most cancers, being identified with male breast most cancers in 2019. He made the announcement to Michael Strahan on Good Morning America, and within the years since his analysis, he has recovered and turn into an advocate, particularly for genetic testing.
Tina says she was not discovered to have breast most cancers genes and that her household doesn’t have a historical past of the illness.
