Country singer Toby Keith announced on Twitter Sunday that he was diagnosed with stomach cancer final fall and has spent the previous six months in remedy.
“Last fall I was diagnosed with stomach cancer. I’ve spent the last 6 months receiving chemo, radiation and surgery. So far, so good. I need time to breathe, recover, and relax,” Keith, 60, tweeted.
“I am looking forward to spending this time with my family. But I will see the fans sooner than later. I can’t wait,” the singer tweeted, signing off with “T.”
Fans replied to the tweet expressing properly needs for the nation star.
The announcement adopted news of Keith’s cancelled performance at the Ohio State Fair next month. His website lists different deliberate performances in Illinois and Michigan over the following few weeks, although there is no point out of cancellation of these reveals on his web site but.
Stomach cancer diagnoses account for 1.5% of all new cancer diagnoses within the U.S. every year, and males face the next lifetime threat of growing it, according to the American Cancer Society, which additionally notes that the typical age of analysis is 68 and that stomach cancer diagnoses have been reducing over the previous decade.
