Danielle Fishel Thanks Fans for 'Love and Support' Following Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Urges People to 'Stay on Top' of Yearly Testing

“The only reason we found it that early is because I prioritized myself into making sure I got a mammogram," the 'Boy Meets World' alum said

Danielle Fishel is encouraging fans to stay proactive with their health.

After the 43-year-old actress revealed she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer on Monday, Aug. 19, she posted an Instagram video on Tuesday, Aug. 20, thanking people for their support.

“I wanted to do a quick video to say thank you so much from the bottom of my heart and from my entire family for the enormous outpouring of love and support and encouragement you have sent me since I announced my breast cancer diagnosis,” she began.

The Boy Meets World alum explained that she decided to publicly talk about her diagnosis because she knows “how unbelievably important it is” to speak about cases like hers. She has a “noninvasive” stage 0 case that was detected “very early.”

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“The only reason we found it that early is because I prioritized myself into making sure I got a mammogram, and I know how important that is now firsthand, and so I wanted to pass along that message,” she said. “And I've been hearing from so many of you that you did indeed make your mammogram appointment, or you pressured your mother to make her mammogram appointment, or your best friend to make her mammogram appointment.”

She also noted that men should also “stay on top of [their] testing as well.”

“If you have those yearly exams that you're supposed to be getting, go and get them,” she continued. “Nobody ever wants to get news, ‘Hey, your test results were abnormal.’ Nobody wants that. But if you stayed on top of it, hopefully, God willing, you can find out you have something when it is stage zero, like I did.”

As the video concluded, she thanked viewers for their “love and support,” noting she “appreciates it more than you could ever know.”

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Fishel first announced the news of her ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) diagnosis during the Aug. 19 episode of her podcast Pod Meets World.

“So I would like to share something with our listeners … I was recently diagnosed with DCIS which is a form of breast cancer,” the mom of two said alongside her co-hosts Rider Strong and Will Friedle.

“It is very, very, very early. It's technically stage zero," Fishel added. “And I'm going to be fine, I'm having surgery to remove it,” she said, noting that she’ll also receive “some follow-up treatment.”

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Following her announcement, her husband Jensen Karp boasted how proud he is of her sharing her story via Instagram Stories.

“I’m so proud of @daniellefishel for using her platform to raise awareness,” he wrote. “We can’t miss appointments and we need to get checked! She’s the strongest person I’ve ever met. She’s got this.”

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