November 04, 2025 bachelor insider
Katie Thurston Shares How She’s Making Her ‘Quality of Life Bearable’ Amid Breast Cancer Treatments
Sending love.
Former Bachelorette Katie Thurston was diagnosed with breast cancer earlier this year and has been keeping followers updated with her treatment journey online.
A couple months ago, Katie revealed the news that her breast cancer had spread to her liver and is now at stage 4.
And soon after, Katie started a new treatment plan, which has shown to be working, as the tumors in her body have been shrinking.
Now, the Bachelor Nation star is opening up about how she’s making her “quality of life bearable” during her ongoing cancer treatments.
In a new video posted online, she said, “October was freaking nuts. It was Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Jeff was gone the entire month, and then I also had my six-month check-in PET scan. No spread; the breast MRI shows that the tumor is still shrinking. The thing I did not realize, every month-Ish, I have to get my blood drawn. And I hate needles. I hate the time and emotional energy it takes to go to the hospital here in New York. It takes so much out of me.”
Katie went on and shared one thing she has chosen to do to make her treatments more “bearable.”
She said, “This last blood draw, I actually hired a company — it was $149. And for me, it’s worth every penny. And I know that comes from a place of financial privilege. But also as someone who’s going to be doing this forever, I have to make my quality of life — and I hate that word, it makes me want to cry — I have to make my quality of life bearable. And so for me, that was just one thing I did for myself to make my treatment feel less f*cked up.”
Katie then gave an update on her treatment plan and the possible changes she will be making.
“The oncologist did say we can hope to push for like every six weeks instead of every four weeks. She also just recently approved me to do a three-month Lupron shot instead of an every month Lupron shot. Which, if you don’t know, it’s an injection that suppresses your ovaries and it goes into your butt muscle or your thigh and it’s very painful. I didn’t realize I’m so sad right now. You just get tired.”
We’re sending Katie all our love and we continue to wish her all the best on her treatment journey. We’re so glad to hear that the treatments are working. You’ve got this, Katie!
