Fashion influencer Bridget Bahl has been diagnosed with cancer.
Bahl, 41, was a few days into her sixth round of IVF treatment when a cancerous mass in her breast was discovered following routine appointments.
“The last few weeks have been nothing short of a nightmare,” she told her 1.4 million followers in an emotional Instagram video.
Watch the video above.
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Bahl recalled getting imaging done after telling her doctor during routine sonogram and blood work she had felt something in her breast.
“He got me in in like a day or two, and I was completely convinced that it was fine, it was just a cyst and it was from the hormones,” she said, adding she had “felt great”.
While getting a mammogram and sonogram done, Bahl was told by the doctor doing her imaging, “I do not like what I see.”
A day after getting a mass biopsied Bahl received an unthinkable phone call: the doctor had confirmed she had breast cancer and it had spread to her lymph node.
Bahl shared she will need to undergo chemotherapy, surgery and possibly radiation.
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“The good news is the type I have, it is very responsive to a targeted treatment, which gives us so much hope,” she said.
The influencer encouraged the women watching her platform to go and get their exams done and be proactive with their health.
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Bahl shared her current round of IVF treatment would probably be her and husband Mike Chiodo’s last attempt.
“We didn’t start at the most ideal time. There’s not enough time to wait to do another round, so I’m just asking for prayers. I would just love to get another embryo.”
Bahl is known for her fashion and lifestyle social media content and for being a co-founder of womenswear line The Bar.
After over three years of dating, she married plastic surgeon Mike Chiodo in a lavish New York City wedding in 2023.
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