Former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates is opening up about her experience battling breast cancer in an essay for CBSNews.com ahead of her interview with Norah O’Donnell on tonight’s “CBS Evening News.” Read her essay below.
It’s never a good sign when you call a physician’s office for test results, and you’re transferred directly to the doctor.
When the radiologist who had conducted a biopsy of my breast tissue came on the line, I could hear the diagnosis in her voice before she uttered the words, “you have invasive breast cancer.”
Instead of jumping into questions about my own health, I found myself empathizing with and even trying to comfort the doctor who was in the terrible position of having to break the news. “It must be so hard for you,” I said. It’s not that I’m a particularly selfless person; I’m confident that it was more of a coping mechanism to focus on taking…
