Scheana Shay is now focusing on her health ahead of her 40th birthday. The Vanderpump Rules mom isn't turning 40 until May 7, but she's already putting an emphasis on staying healthy in the months prior.
Scheana took to her Instagram Story recently, where she posted a selfie wearing a medical gown, in the middle of a doctor's office. She then took to the post, where she revealed that there is nothing wrong with her — she's just getting some things checked up, like her breasts, ahead of her big, milestone year. "Turning the big 4-0 this year!" she wrote over the selfie. "Time for a mammogram!"
She then left an important message for her Instagram followers, leaving them with some sound advice for their own health journeys. "This is your reminder to get ALL of your annual checks," she concluded over the photo.
Scheana took to her podcast, Scheanigans with Scheana, on Friday, Feb. 21, where she opened up about getting the mammogram, which was her very first one. She cited The Bachelorette alum, Katie Thurston, who announced that she was diagnosed with breast cancer on Instagram this month, as her reason behind this.
"It's like so many young women are getting diagnosed with breast cancer," Scheana noted. "I literally just went and got my first mammogram. It was an order that I got three months ago at my annual pap, and I put it off. I was like, 'Well, I'm not 40 yet. I don't need to go yet.'"
Scheana Shay reveals how Teddi Mellencamp and Captain Jason Chambers have inspired her health journey
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During the podcast, Scheana admitted that The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, Teddi Mellencamp, has always inspired her to get her skin checked for skin cancer after Teddi was diagnosed with melanoma. "Every time I go and get my skin checked, I feel like I just want to tell her, you are my inspiration, and you are a reminder of just staying on top of your health," she said.
This also inspired her to get checked for breast cancer. "Then when all of this happened with Teddi, I'm just like, 'You never know. I'm just going to go. I'm just going to get it done,'" she added. "You know, get your annual pap smears, get your mammograms, get your skin checked, do all the things you have to do to advocate for yourself. I was telling Captain Jason [Chambers], this is when we were talking about his melanoma, and I was like, 'You need to make sure you get your PET scans and you just stay on top of that.'"
"Really advocate for yourself," she continued. "If you feel something is wrong, something is probably wrong. You need a second opinion, go get that second opinion."
Has Scheana Shay had breast implants?
No, she has not. During that same podcast episode, she revealed that she has never gotten a breast augmentation. "Never had them, just had milk that is no longer there," she said. "So, no, a lot of people think I took my breast implants out, and I've never had them. I provided milk for one year, and then they shrunk back up."
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