Michael Strahan's daughter Isabella 'very excited' after completing six-week radiation treatment
NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Michael Strahan's daughter Isabella Strahan opened up on her last radiation after she was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
The 19-year-old, who shares her health journey in her vlog on YouTube said she is "very excited to finally be done," as she tearfully celebrated the final day of her radiation.
Inside Isabella Strahan's health journey
Strahan revealed her diagnosis of medulloblastoma during a segment of 'Good Morning America' on Thursday, January 11, and shared that she first learned about her condition in October 2023.
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A day before her birthday on October 28, the teenager underwent an emergency surgery at Cedars-Sinai to remove the brain tumor.
She will be starting her chemotherapy in February at Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center in Durham, North Carolina.
"That's my next step. I'm ready for it to start and be one day closer to being over. .... I'm very excited for this whole process to wrap," said Isabella.
"But you just have to keep living every day, I think, through the whole thing," she added.
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Isabella Strahan opens up on challenging months ahead of chemotherapy
Isabella who has been documenting her health journey through her YouTube series titled 'How It Started' shared in her first vlog that she has not been feeling like herself after treatment and that her health battle has been challenging.
"I just had a Sephora ad come out that I shot in May 2023. So it’s super exciting but I remember being so excited to go to the store and take a selfie with it and I can’t do that right now because I don’t really feel like myself or that person in the ad,” she shared.
"These past two months, it’s been rough," Isabella added.
"It’s been challenging and it’s been very hard but I know I’ll get through it. I know time will heal and things will get back to being — I can’t really say normal because there’s not really normal now in my life, but things will get back to being calmer."
Speaking about her six-week radiation procedure, Isabella said, "It’s been a long six weeks and I’m very happy to finally heal my head after all of this because the side effects and everything get to you."
In her vlog about her last radiation, Isabella expressed her gratitude to her loved ones.
"So excited to ring that bell… Never thought I’d be ringing the bell,” she said after cheerfully ringing the bell after her final day of radiation at the New York Proton Center, according to People.
