Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino he has his message The Jersey Shore the costar Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi during his recent cancer diagnosis.
“Sending prayers full of love, encouragement and healing to our girl @snooki,” Sorrentino, 43, wrote on X on Sunday, February 22, alongside a closed heart emoji and a throwback photo featuring Snooki, 38.
Snooki announced on Friday, February 20, via TikTok that she was diagnosed with stage I cervical cancer.
“Obviously it’s not the news I was expecting,” Snooki said after sharing that she recently had a biopsy. “But it’s also not the worst news, because they caught it early.”
Snooki encouraged her fans to get an annual Pap smear, which is how the TV star learns she has cervical cancer.
“That’s why I honestly tell you guys to get your Pap smears done. I’m 38 years old. I’ve been struggling with abnormal Pap smears for three, four years now,” she said. “Look now, instead of just putting myself down because I didn’t want to go, it was painful and I was afraid, no, I just went and did it. [and] the cancer is there, and it is only the first stage and it is curable.”
Snooki explained that she had a colposcopy — an examination of “abnormal tissue,” according to the Mayo Clinic — that “removed a small [her] the cervix.” She then underwent a cone biopsy, which the Mayo Clinic describes as a procedure where “surgeons remove a sword of abnormal tissue from your cervix.”
The biopsy found that the margins around the tumor were clear and that it had not spread beyond the cervix, but Snooki noted that there was a high chance that the cancer would spread throughout her body as this type is usually “aggressive.” Snooki shared that she has a PET scan scheduled to check for cancer elsewhere in her body.
“And after that, I’ll probably have a hysterectomy, because the oncologist said you can do chemo, radiation or a hysterectomy,” he continued. “Obviously, I think the smart choice here is a caesarean section. [spread there]. So I think it all depends on the PET scan. “
Despite the year not “going” the way she hoped, Snooki shared her positive outlook.
“It could be worse,” he said, while asking fans to comment on the video if they encountered any similarities.
Snooki — who shares children Lorenzo, 13, Giovanna, 11, and Angelo, 6, with husband Jionni LaValle – and promised to be “vulnerable” on social media while sharing updates on her health journey.
On Sunday, Snooki shared a separate TikTok video analyzing the support she received for making a heart with her hands as she said “I love you.”
“Seeing all the love you guys have shown me means the WORLD to me,” he captioned the post, “thank you for being my friends 4ever 😭🙏🏽💕.”
