Kathy Griffin has lung cancer, having surgery today

[la_petite_singe]

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- Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) August 2, 2021

- having half her lung removed in surgery
- she never smoked
- hopefully no chemo/radiation, as it's confined to one lung
- yes, also vaxxed

Ugh, that's so unfair. She lost her mom in March 2020 (not to COVID) and of course the whole insanely disproportionate Tr*mp mask

Comments

[milotic2]

Hope she overcomes this

[lauren901]

:(
Facebook comments on her post are the worst calling it “karma”

[steph313]

I hate shit like that. As if cancer picks and chooses based on their behavior. People will say that shit so cavalierly to someone they don't like, but if someone they cares about gets it, they wouldn't dream of saying karma.

[noxonesxlooking]

Ugh Facebook comments are always the worst but I continue to read them every damn time lol

[kashiyaek]

it's actually insane how facebook became such a far-right radicalization hotspot and virtually no different from a fox news comment section but zuckerberg/facebook CEOs still deny they mismanaged the platform. how are any of the comments kathy griffin receives allowed to stay up...

[new_peteland]

Dang, that’s shit

[arellaj]

cancer is the worst. i hope she recovers

[irajaxon]

that is awful. hopefully the surgery is successful and she's able to fully overcome this.

cancer is terrifying. and it could be reporting bias, but i feel like i'm seeing more diagnosis in "young and healthy" people (like chadwick, mark hoppus, a tattoo artist whose work i loved and recently passed away - with all of these being diagnosed at advanced stages) and i'm starting to worry. i'm 34, and short of the yearly pap smear, there are no screening tests that are regularly recommended for my age bracket (and therefore covered by insurance). i don't know, though, maybe it's paranoia on my part.

[la_petite_singe]

I don't wanna scare you or anyone else unnecessarily, but I just lost my cousin earlier this year to colon cancer, like Chadwick -- he had just turned 40 and it went SUPER fast. The screening for that kind of cancer is gross and embarrassing, but it's important! I think you can send away for it and it's not too $$$ (I hear you about insurance, tho).

[marywebgirl]

I think they recently dropped the beginning age for colon cancer screening to 45, which is great, but yeah it’s still going to miss people. Which sucks because the treatment for colon cancer when you catch it early is really effective.

[vintage_boom]

I'm sorry about your cousin. i just had a colonoscopy at 32 (both mom and grandma had colon cancer). yea it was a bit embarrassing but overall fine! I've had worse ultrasounds tbh. just to put anyones mind at ease reading.