Model Jill Goodacre reveals breast cancer battle
Jill Goodacre
Jill Goodacre  a former model and the wife of musician and actor Harry Connick  Jr.  revealed Wednesday  her  secret five-year battle with breast cancer.
 Goodacre   53  told People that  she  went for a routine annual mammogram in October 2012  and though that test came back clear   her  sonogram didn't.
After undergoing a biopsy  the model learned  she  had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma  the most common form of breast cancer.
 She  immediately underwent a lumpectomy and radiation  which  she  says "absolutely wiped ( her ) out."
"I was scared I was going to lose  her   absolutely " he told People. "I wasn't going to let  her  see that  but I was. I know from losing my mom that the worst can happen.  She 's my best friend  and I really don't know what I would do without  her ."
The couple also revealed that one of the most difficult parts of learning  Goodacre  had cancer was breaking the news to their three daughters.
"It broke my heart "  she  said.
 Goodacre  was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2012. (John Salangsang/John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
[TGT]   a former model and the wife of musician and actor Harry Connick  Jr.  revealed Wednesday  her  secret five-year battle with breast cancer.
 Goodacre   53  told People that  she  went for a routine annual mammogram in October 2012  and though that test came back clear   her  sonogram didn't.
After undergoing a biopsy  the model learned  she  had Stage 1 invasive ductal carcinoma  the most common form of breast cancer.
 She  immediately underwent a lumpectomy and radiation  which  she  says "absolutely wiped ( her ) out."
"I was scared I was going to lose  her   absolutely " he told People. "I wasn't going to let  her  see that  but I was. I know from losing my mom that the worst can happen.  She 's my best friend  and I really don't know what I would do without  her ."
The couple also revealed that one of the most difficult parts of learning  Goodacre  had cancer was breaking the news to their three daughters.
"It broke my heart "  she  said.
 Goodacre  was diagnosed with breast cancer in October 2012. (John Salangsang/John Salangsang/Invision/AP)