On Saturday, Snooki announced that she beat cancer, and that she has an urgent follow-up message: “GET UR PAP SMEARS, LADIES.”
Jersey Shore’s Snooki, aka Nicole Polizzi, was diagnosed with stage 1 cervical cancer in February. Since then, she’s undergone a colposcopy, conization, and hysterectomy, and now, in her words, “Mawma is cancer free.” And it might bring you a smile to know she received words of congratulations from castmembers Sammi Sweetheart, Mike The Situation, and Uncle Nino—or Kyle Richards.
You, too, can enjoy a celebratory marg, as the meatballs do! But on one condition.
“Thanks to all the doctors who helped me on this journey!” she wrote. “It wouldn’t be possible without you! Now it’s paps every 3 months to make sure it never comes back! GET UR PAP SMEARS LADIES! & stay on top of those appointments!” Hear that? No margs before speculums. (Dare I say: Smears before beers?)
Since her diagnosis in February, Snooki has been sharing updates about her procedures and recovery online. In one post-op vlog, she shared updates about her hysterectomy: “We did that C-section cut, and he obviously ended up taking out the uterus, my cervix, and then some parts of my vagina just to make sure we get everything,” she said. “So that was crazy. The fallopian tubes, all of it — we kept my ovaries so I don’t go into pre-menopause, which is nice.” And IDK. It’s sweet that she found community in a Jersey Shore fandom-turned-female healthcare support forum!
@snookiHystersisters- it comes in waves♬ original sound – v6rka
Because, what? You thought Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi was going to be bashful about her cervix being scraped? You thought wrong. Clicking on her Instagram account also blessed me with the knowledge that she is currently hawking her own line of Snooki-branded pickles. Some commenters think they are too expensive. Don’t know what else to do with that extremely pressing information…
Anyway, congratulations to Snooki on her cancer-free status. Thank you for sharing with the class. As for the rest of the class: Get a Pap smear and buy some overpriced pickles, I guess?
