Andrew Cuomo, Sandra Lee
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Sandra Lee in a file photo from 2009.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Celebrity chef Sandra Lee says she is cancer free and feeling good following a double mastectomy in May.
The 49-year-old Food Network star shared the news on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Tuesday morning.
Lee was hospitalized last month and had to have additional surgery after struggling with infection following her original operation in May.
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She made her first public appearance since then on Sunday, when she walked the red carpet at the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
Lee says she will wait until next year — following a trip to the Super Bowl — to decide whether to undergo reconstructive surgery.
Lee is also a cookbook author and magazine publisher. She is the long-time partner of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The couple shares a home …