On the mend. Kathy Griffin gave followers an replace on her well being after she announced her lung cancer earlier this week, and she or he’s already on the highway to restoration.

“Wow! I’m so grateful for all of the love you guys are sending me,” the comic, 60, wrote by way of Instagram on Tuesday, August 3. “Surgical procedure went effectively yesterday. Phew.”

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The Illinois native revealed on Monday, August 2, that she had been identified with lung most cancers regardless of by no means having smoked and was set to have surgical procedure that day.

“The docs are very optimistic as it’s stage one and contained to my left lung,” she wrote in a press release posted to Twitter and Instagram. “Hopefully no chemo or radiation after this and I ought to have regular perform with my respiration. I ought to be up and operating round as ordinary in a month or much less. It’s been a helluva 4 years, making an attempt to get again to work, making you guys chuckle and entertaining you, however I’m gonna be simply positive.”

In a while Monday, a consultant for Griffin confirmed to Us Weekly that the Suddenly Susan alum was out of surgery and doing effectively. “Surgical procedure went effectively and as deliberate,” the rep stated in a press release. “Kathy is now in restoration now and resting. Medical doctors say the process was regular with none surprises.”

Throughout an interview with Nightline that aired Monday, the Kathy Griffin’s Movie star Run-Ins writer additionally revealed that she has struggled with addiction and thoughts of self-harm over the previous a number of years. She traced a few of her difficulties again to the notorious 2017 picture that confirmed her holding what gave the impression to be the severed head of Donald Trump, which led to her shedding jobs and receiving demise threats.

Kathy Griffin Says Lung Cancer Surgery Went Well Thanks Fans Love

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Her capsule habit started when she was prescribed Provigil, an amphetamine just like Adderall, adopted by Ambien to assist her sleep. She was additionally prescribed painkillers in a while.

“I began fascinated with suicide an increasing number of as I received into the capsule habit, and it grew to become virtually an obsessive thought,” she recalled. “I began actually convincing myself it was a great resolution. I received my dwelling revocable belief so as. I had all my geese in a row. I wrote the be aware — the entire thing.”

In her Instagram publish on Wednesday, she shared a photograph of a keychain commemorating her sobriety. “I used to be very nervous about opening up on @Nightline re my suicidal ideations and my prescription capsule habit,” she wrote in her caption. “This keychain means the world to me. At some point at a time.”

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