Monyetta Shaw-Carter quietly faced one of her life’s toughest battles: breast cancer.
Last September, the “Real Housewives of Atlanta” friend-of-the-show felt a strange sensation in her left breast.
“It was literally like my body was alerting me that something was wrong.” A mammogram a month later confirmed it: stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma.
After a lumpectomy in January and 16 rounds of radiation, she rang the bell on May 2nd.
“Because I caught the cancer early, I will be here for my kids,” she told People. “Our health is irreplaceable.”
She leaned on husband Heath Carter and even told her ex Ne-Yo during their daughter’s birthday party.
“He was absolutely supportive… ‘Oh, you’re gonna beat this.’”
Friends like Kandi Burruss, Cynthia Bailey, and Sheree Whitfield rallied behind her with flowers and love.
To mark her recovery, her 45th birthday party requires everyone to wear pink.
“It can be a matter of life or death,” she said. “Our body speaks to us and when it does we have to listen.”
