Katie Thurston ‘Losing’ Her Memory As Stage 4 Cancer Battle Continues

Former Bachelorette star Katie Thurston is confronting severe side effects from her ongoing battle with Stage 4 breast cancer, revealing she is experiencing significant memory loss and hair thinning as she continues treatment.

The 34-year-old, shared a candid video on June 1 detailing her struggles, which include profound memory issues. “I’m losing my memory,” Thurston revealed in the Instagram video, before sharing a story about “going through customs” after a vacation with her husband, Jeff Arcuri. “[They were] like, ‘Where are you coming from?’ And I looked at him and I was like, ‘I don’t remember.’”

She also recounted a recent “little disagreement” with Arcuri where she couldn’t recall the specifics of her own arguments. “I was like, ‘This has happened before,’” Thurston recalled telling the comic.

“He was like, ‘When?’ I was like, ‘I don’t know but I know it has!’” Despite the challenges, she added, “We’re able to laugh about it now.”

Thurston, who married Arcuri earlier this year, did not mince words about her condition. “Cancer is s**t. Sometimes I’m like, ‘Stop feeling bad for yourself.’ Other times I’m like, ‘You’re allowed to feel bad for yourself. Cancer f**king sucks.’”

She noted her hair has been “coming out in an unnatural amount of clumps.”

 

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Having completed two months of medication, Thurston faces critical decisions regarding her liver. (The reality star revealed in March that her breast cancer had spread to her liver.) “I just finished my second month of treatment and if you’re asking how long treatment is, technically forever,” she stated. Thurston has opted for Histotripsy, a non-invasive treatment for liver tumors, at New York University. “I am optimistic about medical advancements in the future. Fingers crossed as a stage 4 girly.”

Further complicating her health, Thurston shared that a medically induced menopause initiated last month failed, as the medication intended to suppress her hormones proved ineffective. A new medication will be tried, but if it also fails, she revealed she might have to “get my ovaries taken out.”

“Not ideal,” she admitted. “But the vacation was nice. Now I’m back at it again in New York City trying to live my best life as a f**king cancer patient.”

“Sorry, I’m not going to edit that out,” she concluded her Instagram video. “I’m just going to end this because I want it just to be my truth, I guess. Anyway, happy Sunday.”