How Cancer Changed Me

THE CNN NEWS CENTRAL ANCHOR, WHO JUST RETURNED AFTER BREAST RECONSTRUCTION SURGERY, SAYS THE DISEASE 'GAVE ME MORE THAN IT TOOK AWAY'

- EILEEN FINAN

Two days after she was back at the anchor desk following breast reconstruction surgery, Sara Sidner flubbed the name of a politician on the air—a name she knew but mispronounced in the moment. In the past that kind of simple mistake would torment her for the rest of the day. This time “I put it to the side,” says Sidner. “I try not to freak out about little things I used to ruminate over. It isn’t worth my health to stress myself out. You've got to live well.”