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"Brooke Burke-Charvet counts herself as one of the lucky ones.\r\nThe &amp;quot;Dancing With the Stars&amp;quot; co-host may have had to undergo surgery for thyroid cancer late last year, but she&amp;apos;s fortunate she was able to catch the disease at such an early stage in the first place a move that may have helped save her life.\r\n&amp;quot;I had no symptoms. It was crazy. Not one. Never felt better,&amp;quot; Burke-Charvet says of the day she went in for a routine physical and her doctor discovered a lump on her thyroid that turned out to be cancerous. Knowing the thyroidectomy was ahead of her, the 41-year-old tried to arm herself with knowledge.\r\n&amp;quot;Any kind of bad medical news can be very, very scary. I think it&amp;apos;s super important to be a good patient, to educate yourself and do your research,&amp;quot; the mom of four explains. &amp;quot;Cancer can scare the heck out of you, but what I did was really try to understand everything I could about the process that I was going to be going through.&amp;quot;\r\nBurke spoke with omg! a few hours after she helped kick off Kleenex brand Softness Worth Sharing initiative, during which she surprised an under-the-weather winner by showing up at his home to deliver a Kleenex care pack.\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s sort of that thoughtful gift of TLC that we all need when we&amp;#xED;re sick,&amp;quot; she says of the delivery. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m usually the one taking care of everybody.&amp;quot;\r\nThat changed temporarily, at least while Burke-Charvet was recovering from her operation.\r\n&amp;quot;Everybody stepped up. It was quite the role reversal. I took a month off, had my surgery best-case scenario. It went so well. My husband [actor David Charvet] was awesome. My kids were great,&amp;quot; she shares, adding with a laugh: &amp;#xEC;I got to give up carpooling duties for a while, that was awesome.&amp;quot;\r\nAs for how her children three daughters and a a son who range in age from 4 to 12 reacted to the news of her diagnosis, Brooke-Charvet says each handled it differently, but, in an age of texting, email, and Facebook, she and her hubby always make sure to share news (good and bad) the old-fashioned way.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m a big believer in family meetings,&amp;quot; she admits. &amp;quot;I think family meetings are an awesome place to prepare your family for whatever&amp;#xED;s going on in life and also to give them a platform to share their feelings. I love that.&amp;quot;\r\nAnd at one family meeting, she was able to happily share the news that her surgery was a success and she&amp;#xED;s doing just fine.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m so lucky that everything went well and I&amp;#xED;m healthy now, back to work. Everything&amp;apos;s great.&amp;quot;\r\nMore Celebrity Features on Yahoo!:\r\nPink Opens Up About Reconciling With Husband\r\nHarry Styles Celebrates His 19th Birthday With a Stripper\r\nBeyonce Talks to &amp;#xEB;omg! Insider&amp;#xED; About Her Super Bowl Performance\r\nFollow @YahooOMG on Twitter"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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