In a recent interview, the singer spoke about his lung cancer diagnosis and explained the frightening surgery he had to undergo.
Barry Manilow was diagnosed with stage 1 lung cancer at the end of last year and recently spoke about the intimidating procedure he underwent to treat the disease.
The 82-year-old singer underwent a lobectomy, a surgery to remove an entire lobe of a diseased lung in order to prevent the cancer from spreading.
In an interview with People, Manilow explained that he spent a few days in the ICU after the surgical procedure carried out in December, but that he is now free of the disease.
“Thank God I don’t remember anything, because it was a nightmare,” Manilow said about the time he spent in the hospital. “I’m one of the lucky ones; I don’t need to undergo chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and all that.”
The performer of “Copacabana” reflected on the experience and how going through the surgery affected him emotionally and made him question how he has lived his life up until now.
“You just don’t think about how fragile life is. And suddenly, you have lung cancer,” he told the publication. “But I’m still here. I’m not completely here; there’s a part of me that’s no longer here, they took a part of me away, and now I have to figure out: ‘What do I do?'”
“It made me stop and think: ‘Did I do what I wanted to do? Did I make people happy? Was I a good friend?’ All those cliché things I’ve read my whole life, I started reflecting on them too. It really made me stop and think.”
“It really shook me, but I’m getting stronger, and we’ll see if I can come back,” Manilow revealed.
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