It was March 22 when she saw a clip of stand-up comedian Jeff Arcuri that she found particularly funny.
Sending it to a friend, she cheekily captioned it “Future husband.”
Little did she know how right she was.
Wasting no time, they got engaged in August and tied the knot on March 22, 2025.
These are the sad details of Katie Thurston’s diagnosis.
It wasn’t until about four months later that she finally decided to see her doctor.
“You’re on, like, survival mode,” she confessed.
“You show up, or you die.”
“This first step of acceptance of my reality was the hardest,” she revealed.
“But I am ready to fight this.”
Because of that, Thurston vowed to be transparent about her own journey in the hope of helping others.
“We don’t know what the next year looks like,” Thurston shared.
I’ll get married to you tomorrow.'"
Arcuri also had a secondary, more practical reason for pushing up the nuptials.
“There’s more power to that.”
Those were followed by multiple biopsies to determine the stage of her cancer and viable treatment options.
Luckily, while it was labor intensive, it didn’t put too much strain on her finances.
Ultimately, Thurston and Arcuri were able to complete the IVF process successfully and froze six fertilized embryos.
During one of the injections, Thurston took to Instagram (viaE!
News) to share the emotional toll she was experiencing.
“Do I cry too much?”
she asked her followers.
Taking to Instagram (via E!
She was quickly scheduled for a biopsy which would determine whether or not the spots were indeed cancerous.
