Danielle Fishel suffers from breast cancer.
The “Boy Meets World” actress, 43, revealed her diagnosis on Monday’s episode of her podcast. «The capsule meets the world» Which he presents with his former colleagues Will Friedle and Ryder Strong.
Danielle Fishel at a 90s convention in September 2023. Araya Doheny/Shutterstock
“I want to share something with our listeners, and that is that Ryder and Will were actually two of the first people I told the news to,” Fishel said.
Danielle Fishel at the 2022 iHeartRadio Wango Tango Gala. Movie magic
“I was recently diagnosed with a disease Basal cell carcinoma of the duct.“It stands for ductal carcinoma in situ, which is a form of breast cancer,” she said.
The actress continued: “It’s very, very early, technically it’s stage zero. Specifically, I was diagnosed with high-grade DCIS with microscopic invasion. And I’m going to be fine. I’m going to have surgery to remove it. I’m going to have follow-up treatment. I’ve had a lot of decisions to make over the last two days.”
Will Friedle, Danielle Fishel y Rider Strong en el iHeartRadio Music Festival 2023. Getty Images for iHeartRadio
Fishel explained that she initially had no intention of sharing her diagnosis publicly, but realized she could help others with her own health story.
“If you have these thoughts in your life about someone close to you being diagnosed with cancer, somewhere in your mind you’re thinking, ‘What would I do if it were me? What would I do in this situation?'” she said.
Danielle Fishel on her podcast. Danielle Fishel on her podcast.
“And for some reason, I always thought I would suffer in silence. I would get the diagnosis. I wouldn’t tell anybody. I would only tell my very small group. Then I would take it. Then when I got to the other side of this, I would tell people.”
“As I got older, I really tried to learn from other people’s experiences,” Fishel continued. “Because I don’t think I did that enough when I was younger.”
Danielle Fishel, Ben Savage en Boy Meets World. ©ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
The “Gravity Falls” star said she told her husband first Jensen Carbswho has sons Adler, 5, and Keaton, 3, and the rest of her family who have had breast cancer.
“Then I realized that the more people I talked to, the more people had their own experiences, whether they had been diagnosed with cancer or a family member had been diagnosed with cancer,” she explained before assuring her that she would get a mammogram.
Danielle Fishel at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival. Getty Images for iHeartRadio
“The only reason I got this cancer when it was still in its early stages was because I made an appointment the day I got a text telling me it was my annual mammogram. The truth is, I make it a point to go to doctor’s appointments, when it would be so much easier to say, ‘I don’t have time for that,’ I say, ‘since I’m so busy. ’”
“Instead,” Fishel added, “I said to myself, ‘Yeah, it’s time. I have to make this appointment. ’ And they found out it was very, very, very early that I would be OK.”
“So I want to share this with you because I hope it encourages everyone to come,” she said. “If it’s time for your appointment, if you haven’t had an appointment before, show up. If you have to find out you have cancer, find out when you’re at stage zero, if possible.”
Danielle Fishel, strong rider on Boy Meets World. ©ABC/Courtesy of the Everett Collection
Fishel told her podcast listeners that she has “some big decisions” ahead of her regarding her cancer battle.
“I haven’t found all the answers yet,” she said. “I still have doctors to see, oncologists, radiation specialists, hormone therapists, all kinds of things. I’m still waiting for a decision to be made.”
Fishel’s two co-hosts showed their support after she revealed her diagnosis.
“Whatever your needs are, we’re here,” said Friedel, 48. “And if you need to miss something or put some things off, that’s the last thing you need to worry about.”
