{"id":372677,"date":"2026-04-10T08:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/372677\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:44:08","slug":"karl-stefanovics-ex-cassandra-thorburn-shares-sad-health-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/372677\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Stefanovic\u2019s ex Cassandra Thorburn shares sad health update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cassandra Thorburn has given fans a heartbreaking health update as she continues to battle through her breast cancer treatment. <\/p>\n<p>The journalist, children\u2019s author and ex-wife of Today host Karl Stefanovic, has been keeping her online followers informed about her treatment since <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity-life\/karl-stefanovics-famous-exwife-cassandra-thorburn-debuts-new-look-confirming-sad-health-news\/news-story\/661b8afdd2bd6ff00c7cefce01b6fb90\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"661b8afdd2bd6ff00c7cefce01b6fb90\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sharing the news of her diagnosis<\/a> back in February. <\/p>\n<p>While mostly upbeat and positive, the latest update reveals a creeping sense of loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA one foot in front of the other kind of day walking to Chemo treatment today. Sending everyone on the chemo journey, especially those of you on our own, a virtual hug,\u201d she shared <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW5cDRkkfUj\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">on Instagram<\/a>, along with an updated snap of her \u2013 with the chemo now taking all of her hair. <\/p>\n<p>MORE:<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/what-happens-when-celebrity-couples-break-up-details-of-the-multimilliondollar-splits-revealed\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=newscomau&amp;campaignPlacement=article\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.realestate.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Karl Stefanovic\u2019s multimillion-dollar breakup<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am with you in the dark of the night when the house is quiet and your thoughts are loud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mum-of-three continued that she has been trying ways to remain positive throughout the gruelling treatment. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiving meditation a shot tomorrow. Enrol with Look Good Feel Better,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lgfb.org.au\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Look Good Feel Better <\/a>is well-respected national support program designed for those battling cancer. Through workshops and in-person consultations, the program provides tips and tools to help empower patients, allowing them to control their self care through treatment with confidence. <\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realestate.com.au\/news\/who-got-the-house-expensive-celeb-divorces-revealed\/?campaignType=external&amp;campaignChannel=syndication&amp;campaignName=ncacont&amp;campaignContent=&amp;campaignSource=newscomau&amp;campaignPlacement=realestatemodule\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"www.realestate.com.au\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Expensive celebrity divorces revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thorburn revealed that she had been diagnosed with Occult breast cancer (OBC) \u2013 a rare form of breast cancer \u2013 back on February 28th, when she debuted her new shaved head along with her grim news on Instagram. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife really is like a box of chocolates and this chapter is giving me praline or truffle vibes. All kudos to the Toni and Guy pink scissors program for the kick arse clipper treatment by their wonderful Mosman team. It will grow back \u2013 super grateful,\u201d she captioned the shot. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"poster-img\" src=\"https:\/\/content.api.news\/v3\/images\/bin\/da464bff9af74218a5abe1de46820fc0\" data-sctrack=\"op-poster-img\" alt=\"Cassandra Thorburn shares she has breast cancer in new video\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Less than 24 hours later, and after much public support, she returned to social media with a video sharing a few<a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity-life\/karl-stefanovics-famous-exwife-cassandra-thorburn-debuts-new-look-confirming-sad-health-news\/news-story\/661b8afdd2bd6ff00c7cefce01b6fb90\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"661b8afdd2bd6ff00c7cefce01b6fb90\" data-tgev-label=\"entertainment\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> more details about her health<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to have to read this because on my walk this morning, I thought about all the reasons why I made that post yesterday,\u201d she began. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of it is controlling the only part of my treatment and diagnosis that I can. That\u2019s the part about when the hair comes off and when you tell people. For my adult children and for myself, I\u2019m not interested in hiding and that\u2019s because I\u2019m not alone. I\u2019m not walking a path that is not well travelled by many women before me and I will not be the last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBreast cancer affects one in seven women in New South Wales, which is where I live. I read that sitting for my mammogram not long ago and I was the one in seven that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The brave mum ends her video with a special shout-out to the Aussie health system, which led to her diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy shout-out today is for NSW Breast Screen, who picked up my triple negative occult breast cancer, which is no small feat if you know what occult breast cancer is. I didn\u2019t until now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thank them from the bottom of my heart. And when your mammogram reminder arrives in the mail, don\u2019t dilly dally. Do as I did, book it straight away. It may have flipped my world in days, but there\u2019s no \u2018why me?\u2019 There\u2019s no \u2018poor me\u2019 here. Just a desire to stop this in it\u2019s tracks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cassandra Thorburn has given fans a heartbreaking health update as she continues to battle through her breast cancer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372678,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-372677","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}