Despite their separation, Jill remained close to her ex, and she explained that her glioblastoma detection has brought the former couple, who were married for 17 years, closer together in a “weird way.”
“We talk more and Jeff is very cognizant of what I will be missing out on,” she continued to Today. “He’s helping me make the most of my time with the kids.”
As for her course of treatment, Jill is still looking at her options, which include chemo and radiation or alternative medical trials. “It’s the biggest decision ever,” she noted. “Everyone keeps saying, ‘Go with your gut’—but I have a terrible gut. It hasn’t treated me well.”
Still, she is confident she’ll put up a good fight in her cancer battle.
“Things look optimistic,” she added. “I’m on a younger end of the spectrum and I’m otherwise relatively healthy.”
And amid the overwhelming health journey, Jill is continuing to keep her kids at the forefront of her decisions.
“All I want to do is spend time with my kids, ideally on a beach because that’s my happy place,” she said. “It’s so ridiculously bittersweet—I am trying to focus on the sweet part.”
