Sandra Lee cancer diagnosis

In 2015, Sandra Lee was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, the disease was caught early, but her journey to becoming cancer-free was filled with challenges.

She underwent both a lumpectomy and a double mastectomy, with Governor Cuomo by her side, taking time off to support her through this difficult period.

Unfortunately, she suffered an infection in one breast related to the surgeries, requiring her to be on intravenous drugs for three months. By the end of 2015, Sandra announced that she was cancer-free. However, in March 2022, she underwent a successful hysterectomy.

The breast cancer experience has undoubtedly been incredibly taxing for Sandra, but, as she has done many times before, she turned it into something constructive.

During Cuomo’s governorship, she became a strong advocate for cancer awareness, pushing for the passage of the $91 million ”No Excuses” law in New York, which expanded breast cancer screening and eliminated insurance co-pays for mammograms.

Sandra Lee children

After more than a decade together, Sandra Lee and Andrew Cuomo announced that their relationship had come to an end.

“Over the recent past, we have realized that our lives have gone in different directions and our romantic relationship has turned into a deep friendship,” Mr. Cuomo and Ms. Lee, a Food Network personality and author, said in 2019.

During her relationship with Cuomo, Sandra grew close to his three daughters from his marriage to Ms. Kennedy. While Sandra doesn’t have children of her own —a choice she has made — she has poured her love and resources into her siblings and their children. According to New York Magazine, she has generously provided for her relatives, gifting them cars, houses, hockey lessons, and even covering college tuition.

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