{"id":293286,"date":"2020-06-08T12:07:56","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1159363"},"modified":"2020-06-08T12:07:56","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T18:07:56","slug":"survivors-sunday-burquest-shares-esophageal-and-ovarian-cancer-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/survivors-sunday-burquest-shares-esophageal-and-ovarian-cancer-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivor&#8217;s Sunday Burquest Shares Esophageal and Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-0-img\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/202058\/rs_1024x759-200608104414-1024-Millennials_vs._Gen._X-gj-6-8-20.jpg?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X\" alt=\"Survivor: Millennials vs Gen X\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Monty Brinton\/CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.024203821656\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"22.736305732484\">\n<p><em>Survivor<\/em>&#8216;s <strong>Sunday Burquest<\/strong>&nbsp;has a declaration: She&#8217;s going to beat cancer again.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen. X<\/em> veteran took to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBJdH4Cg-fT\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> to reveal her diagnosis in a new video.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know how they say when it rains it pours? Well, it really poured on me today,&#8221; Sunday said in the Instagram post. She wore a T-shirt that read, &#8220;I survived esophageal and ovarian cancer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When did I survive that? Well, I&#8217;m going to do it right now because today I was told that I had both, that esophageal cancer started and traveled to my ovary. It&#8217;s not a super great thing, of course, and not fun to hear, but I will say that I do know that I have already survived cancer once and I will survive it again, which is why I&#8217;m wearing this shirt and saying right now I survived it,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"34.451219512195\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"1.8292682926829\">\n<p><strong>Zeke Smith<\/strong> competed with Sunday on <em>Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CBLlNGUh14W\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posted a public tribute to his fellow contestant<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"video-int-txt-3\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"37\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-video-text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"14\">\n<p>&#8220;There is no more enthusiastically strong, kind, and positive #Survivor than my darling @sundaysurvivor. She is relentless, and that esophageal &amp; ovarian cancer doesn&#8217;t stand a chance!! I&#8217;ve got your back, Sunday, whatever can make this time a little less painful, I am here for \u2014 maybe another helicopter ride!? I promise @bretlabelle and I won&#8217;t have any more important convos without you! Sending all the love and healing and strength your way, but you&#8217;ve got all the strength you need already, #GritGirl #FCancer,&#8221; Zeke wrote.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-5\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"39.614942528736\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"2.1034482758621\">\n<p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/survivor\/cast\/215477\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the official <em>Survivor<\/em> site<\/a>, Sunday addressed her previous battle with breast cancer.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-6\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"61.5\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"13\">\n<p>&#8220;Besides my four amazing kids, I&#8217;m most proud of being a breast cancer survivor. After five surgeries, eight rounds of chemotherapy, and 28 days of radiation\u2014not to mention the horrible meds they put you on\u2014I&#8217;m still here! It was important to me that my kids saw me as a \u2018warrior,&#8217; rather than as a whiner,&#8221; she wrote. &#8220;Of course, it was hard, but I wouldn&#8217;t let cancer take over my life. Because of my faith, I was able to kick cancer&#8217;s butt!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1159363\/survivor-s-sunday-burquest-shares-esophageal-and-ovarian-cancer-diagnosis?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&#038;utm_source=eonline&#038;utm_medium=rssfeeds&#038;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: E! Online<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monty Brinton\/CBS via Getty Images Survivor&#8216;s Sunday Burquest&nbsp;has a declaration: She&#8217;s going to beat cancer again. The Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen. X veteran took to her Instagram to reveal her diagnosis in a new video. &#8220;You know how they say when it rains it pours? 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