Dance Moms’ Kelly Hyland Shares She Reached Milestone Amid Cancer Treatments

Dance Moms star Kelly Hyland has hit a major achievement in her breast cancer journey.

The 53-year-old shared a video of herself ringing in the next stage of her fight in an Aug. 20 Instagram video, writing, “I got to ring the bell today. This was the end of my first treatment… next steps surgery, 20 radiation and 11 more treatments. I GOT THIS.”

Kelly, who is mom to Brooke Hyland, 26, Paige Hyland, 23, and Josh Hyland, 25, also shared a sweet Boomerang video of Paige and Josh proudly kissing her on the cheek.

The former reality star continued the celebrations with some dessert in another video an hour later, blowing out the candle on a piece of cheesecake. As she wrote, “Still celebrating.”

Kelly first shared her breast cancer diagnosis in May after discovering a lump in her breast in late March, noting her official diagnosis was invasive carcinoma stage 1, grade 3.

"The first red flag was my significant weight loss,” the mother of three told E! News in an exclusive interview at the time. "I lost enough that others noticed and would ask for my dieting hacks, but there was nothing I had changed in my day-to-day to cause the loss." 

Kelly’s three kids, whom she shares with ex-husband Randy Hyland, have since been taking turns accompanying her to her appointments amid her treatment. The former Dance Moms stars also helped their mom design a custom wig at Pittsburgh's Serenity Wig Salon after her hair loss due to her chemotherapy plan.

"Both the salon and my girls being there with me made me feel comfortable and more confident," Kelly previously told E! News, "as the thought of losing my hair has been hard for me."

As Brooke put it in a May 29 Instagram post, “Confident that cancer has no idea who it’s messing with. I love you, mom.”

For more from Kelly’s cancer journey, read on.

Just eight months after getting the all-clear, "I found a lump in my breast and booked myself a mammogram," Dance Moms alum Kelly Hyland revealed in an exclusive interview with E! News. Diagnosed with invasive carcinoma grade 3 this spring, she added, "I was shocked that it had grown that quickly." 

With her kids Brooke Hyland, Josh Hyland and Paige Hyland alternating who accompanies her to chemotherapy appointments, Kelly has a solid team in place. As Josh told E! News, "I know my mom is strong enough to get through this."

Kelly's support system includes not just her three kids, but their entire Dance Moms family.

Currently taping her podcasts Back to the Barre (with Chloé Lukasiak's mom Christi Lukasiak) and Dear Dance Mom... (with Maddie Ziegler and Kenzie Ziegler's mom Melissa Gisoni, Nia Sioux's mom Holly Frazier and Kendall Vertes' mom Jill Vertes) "all of my former costars are aware of what is going on," Kelly shared. "I’m very lucky to have such great friends and a flexible job that allows me to keep some normalcy during all of this."

Currently on her second of six rounds of chemotherapy, Kelly will follow those treatments with surgery and radiation. "Then 11 more chemotherapy treatments," she shared. "I have a long journey ahead!"

In the hopes of preserving her hair, Kelly has been using scalp cooling system Amma during treatments. The cap "cools the scalp to a low temperature so that the blood vessels contract, reducing the blood flow to the hair follicles," she explained. "This limits the amount of chemo drugs to the hair follicles and reduces hair loss. Let's hope it works!"

Paige and Brooke were on hand for Kelly's appointment at Pittsburgh's Serenity Wig Salon. "Both the salon and my girls being there with me made me feel comfortable and more confident," she explained, "as the thought of losing my hair has been hard for me."

Kelly walked away from her time at Serenity Wig Salon feeling confident in her choice. "They’re customizing the wig I chose to fit my head, coloring and styling it to my liking," she revealed of the winning look, "and even added some baby hairs for a more realistic look."

Kelly's kids and her sister Carrie Matarazzo are taking turns accompanying her to the treatments, which can last upwards of 10 hours. "They are very long days," Kelly explained, "so I don’t want to put that responsibility on just one person."

"My children get me through the hard moments," Kelly said. And they inspire her to keep fighting for their shared future.

"I keep telling myself that I need to be strong for them," she explained. "I want to get healthy and onto the other side of this, so I can be there with my kids on their wedding days, to hold their children, and for every next step in their lives."

Brooke's May engagement to account manager Brian Thalman has proven to be "a great distraction," said Kelly, who's all in on wedding planning.

"I couldn’t be prouder of my daughters and my son," she added. "Despite all of the craziness that they have experienced throughout their childhood, they’ve all grown into mature, humble, fun-loving adults. They’re the best kids I could ask for and I’m beyond grateful to have them in my corner during all of this and beyond!"