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But the NFL reporter refused to be sidelined, telling her doctor before her surgery in October of last year that she would not be missing the Super Bowl. Just two days after the surgery, she was on a plane to cover a Packer’s game in Green Bay.
“Should I have been standing for a full game five days after surgery? Let’s just say the doctor didn’t recommend that,” Andrews said in her interview with Sport’s Illustrated’s MMQB. “But just as I felt during my trial, sports were my escape. I needed to be with my crew.” After a second surgery two weeks later, Andrews received the all-clear from her doctor. (De-stress your way with Rodale’s With Yoga DVD.)
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This revelation comes on the heels of new research findings that cervical cancer deaths among women are actually much higher than previously thought—a result experts theorize may be a result of women failing to get proper screenings. According to a report by the New York Times, the study also found that there is a much larger racial disparity in cervical cancer deaths than previously expected, with black women dying from the disease at higher rates.
According to Andrews, she kept her diagnosis under wraps for fear of being treated differently—especially after the ordeal of her trial. “I don’t want players or coaches to look at me differently,” she said. Luckily, Andrews is back on the field, better than ever.
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