Getaway host Sam McClymont recalls the devastating moment she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at 38 – after she was initially given the all-clear

Sam McClymont has opened up about the devastating moment she was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer at the age of 38.

The Getaway host revealed that she was initially given the all-clear last year after finding a lump in her right breast.

“I decided to go to the specialist and see what my options were,” she said women’s Day.

Sam said she had further tests and heard nothing from her doctor, so she returned for her next appointment three weeks later.

But she was shocked when the specialist told her she had triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form.

‘I immediately started crying. It was a shock. He told me about all the treatments, but I couldn’t believe it,” Sam recalled.

‘I cried when I called [her husband] Ben and my younger sister Mollie. Then she cried. Nobody expected this.’

She admitted it was also difficult to explain her diagnosis to her two young boys, Wilder, six, and Ari, five.

She said her boys also helped her shave off her hair, but she “couldn’t be emotional when she looked in the mirror like they were with her.”

She was shocked when the specialist told her she had triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form

Sam has also taken a step back from work as she is currently unable to travel with her TV show Getaway.

She has completed 12 of her 16 rounds of chemotherapy and will then undergo surgery and radiation.

Triple negative breast cancer is considered life-threatening because it is aggressive and accelerates the rate at which the cancer can grow and spread.

Common symptoms include breast lumps, swelling, breast or nipple pain, dimpled skin, and nipple discharge.

She said her husband and sons helped her shave her hair, but she “couldn’t be emotional when she looked in the mirror the way they were with her.”