'Dance Moms' Kelly Hyland Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Dance Moms star Kelly Hyland has hit a major achievement in her breast cancer journey.
The 53-year-old shared a video of herself ringing in the next stage of her fight in an Aug. 20 Instagram video, writing, “I got to ring the bell today. This was the end of my first treatment… next steps surgery, 20 radiation and 11 more treatments. I GOT THIS.”
Kelly, who is mom to Brooke Hyland, 26, Paige Hyland, 23, and Josh Hyland, 25, also shared a sweet Boomerang video of Paige and Josh proudly kissing her on the cheek.
The former reality star continued the celebrations with some dessert in another video an hour later, blowing out the candle on a piece of cheesecake. As she wrote, “Still celebrating.”
Kelly first shared her breast cancer diagnosis in May after discovering a lump in her breast in late March, noting her official diagnosis was invasive carcinoma stage 1, grade 3.
"The first red flag was my significant weight loss,” the mother of three told E! News in an exclusive interview at the time. "I lost enough that others noticed and would ask for my dieting hacks, but there was nothing I had changed in my day-to-day to cause the loss."
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Kelly’s three kids, whom she shares with ex-husband Randy Hyland, have since been taking turns accompanying her to her appointments amid her treatment. The former Dance Moms stars also helped their mom design a custom wig at Pittsburgh's Serenity Wig Salon after her hair loss due to her chemotherapy plan.
"Both the salon and my girls being there with me made me feel comfortable and more confident," Kelly previously told E! News, "as the thought of losing my hair has been hard for me."
As Brooke put it in a May 29 Instagram post, “Confident that cancer has no idea who it’s messing with. I love you, mom.”
For more from Kelly’s cancer journey, read on.