Singer Chyna Phillips has revealed that she has a large 14-inch tumor on her leg that requires surgical intervention.
The famous singer and wife of William Baldwin announced her condition in a video posted. YouTube account “My worst fears have come true,” he wrote as the caption for the clip on Tuesday. Phillips told fans that he was scared to face this medical issue and that he is trusting in Jesus to get him through this difficult time.
“Something I never imagined would happen to me actually happened,” she wrote in the video’s caption. She said: “I’m so mad at myself for not seeing the writing on the wall. This just goes to show that it really can happen to anyone.”
“Join me on a walk through California’s sacred sites as I process everything that happened 😪,” she told fans.
She said she has eight weeks to prepare before she plans to go under the knife.
“I have a tumor on my left leg. I’ve had it since I was a little girl. They don’t know if I was born with it or not. It’s completely benign, but it’s big and I’m very, very big. I’m telling you,” she said.
“It’s about 14 inches long and 4 inches wide.”
Singers Wendy Wilson, Chynna Phillips and Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) perform on stage at the 2011 VH1 Do Something Awards at the Hollywood Palladium on August 14, 2011 in Hollywood, California.Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
The famous singer admitted that this was also an emotionally difficult period in her life.
“I’m completely terrified of anesthesia, I don’t know, but I feel like it’s the closest thing to death. I mean, it really is,” Phillips said.
“This is the closest thing to death and may not be the best way for me to be anesthetized, but I have no choice.”
Actor William Baldwin and his wife, singer Chyna Phillips, pose with Minnie Mouse at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort.Photo by Gene Duncan/Disney Parks via Getty Images
Chyna Phillips Baldwin attends Stacey Bendet’s Alice + Olivia in Fall 2024. Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
She said she had experienced anesthesia “many times”, including during surgery to remove breast implants, but said this was a completely different process.
Phillips said this will be “the fifth surgery on my foot.”
She told her fans that she has decided to turn her “worries into prayers” and is turning to her faith to combat this medical horror.
Actress and singer Chyna Phillips (left) and her husband, actor William, arrive at the 2010 Miss Universe pageant at the Mandalay Bay Event Center on August 23, 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Baldwin.Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Actor William Baldwin and his wife Chyna Phillips-Baldwin speak on stage at the 17th Annual Genesis Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 15, 2003 in Beverly Hills, California.Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images
“I know that if I completely surrender, Jesus will help me with this problem. But having to make a whole new incision is really the worst, and my left leg is “I already have a big one-foot scar and now I’m going to get another one on the inside of my left leg,” she said. . (Related: Christie Brinkley reveals latest update on devastating health condition)
“It’s frustrating, but everything will be fine. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
