'Inside Edition' Correspondent Alison Hall Gives Inspiring Update After Double Mastectomy: 'I'm One of the Lucky Ones' (Exclusive)

Alison Hall is sharing an inspiring health update a little more than two weeks after getting a double mastectomy.

The Inside Edition host—who was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer in October ahead of her 33rd birthday—detailed how she's on the road to recovery after her surgery while chatting exclusively with Parade.

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"The surgery went really, really well," Hall, 33, tells Parade, adding that she's "very lucky to have incredible doctors" and nurses in New York, along with an "incredible family and husband and support system."

Alison HallCourtesy of Alison Hall
Alison HallCourtesy of Alison Hall

Although she says that the recovery process has been "no walk in the park," Hall tells Parade she's been "OK" post-surgery and that she's grateful she's been "given the space to totally rest and recover."

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"My body has been through a lot in the last few weeks, and so I've just really learned to rest … I'm feeling surprisingly really, really good, and I think that that's thanks to that incredible care and the way that I've just been taken care of by everybody in my life," Hall continues, noting that doctors "found all of the cancer" and that she is "now cancer-free."

"They got it all out in the surgery and so I don't need to do further treatment, which is really amazing," she adds, later telling Parade, "I just really feel like I'm one of the lucky ones."

Hall goes on to tell Parade that the mastectomy was the first of a two-part reconstruction surgery, with the second part set to take place in the spring.

Alison HallCourtesy of Alison Hall
Alison HallCourtesy of Alison Hall

"In the same [double mastectomy] surgery, they put in tissue expanders to basically get my body ready to host future implants," she says. "And so, I have those right now. I basically live with those for a few months as my body heals, and then I'll have the next part of the reconstruction where they'll put in real implants in April."

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Hall also tells Parade that she hopes that by sharing her story, she can inspire and continue to connect with other women who have gone through similar diagnoses.

"I've connected with so many women online who have reached out to share their story with me, or have mentioned that my story has resonated with them, and there are so many women who, their cancer is caught at a later stage," she says. "I just feel so fortunate that for me it was caught so early, and I know how lucky and almost privileged that is."

Hall previously learned of her cancer risk while on assignment for Inside Edition, in which she interviewed a breast cancer surgeon after actress Olivia Munn publicly shared her cancer diagnosis. In addition to talking to the surgeon, Hall took a breast cancer risk assessment test—and found out her results on camera.

"I didn't expect my score to be as high as Olivia Munn's, and then for it to completely change the course of my year and life," she says, later adding, "I didn't expect that that score would ultimately mean that I would have an MRI and six months later would mean that I was diagnosed with breast cancer. That was the really shocking part."

Hall ultimately ended up bonding with Munn, 44, through an email in which she shared her own story and thanked the Newsroom actress for being open with her breast cancer diagnosis. Hall's colleagues at CBS then gave her "the most beautiful letter" written by Munn.

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"I just feel so connected to her and believe now more than ever in just the power of storytelling," she says. "And that personal connection that you can make with somebody when you truly can help change their life."

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