“Rocky IV” star Dolph Lundgren is celebrating his health this holiday season.
The Swedish-born actor posted an update from his hospital bed earlier this week, announcing that he was “finally cancer-free, feeling grateful and excited for a bright future.”
“I'm here at UCLA, and I'm about to go remove the last tumor. I don't have any cancer cells in my body anymore, so I think I'm cancer-free,” Lundgren said in the video. Ta. I'm looking forward to this process. ”
He explained that he was undergoing a lung ablation, a minimally invasive procedure that uses heating or cooling mechanisms to destroy tumor tissue. According to the Mayo Clinic.
“Rocky IV” star Dolph Lundgren announced in a social media video that he is “finally cancer-free.” (Michael Thalberg/Getty Images)
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“It's been a tough journey, but it's taught me how to live in the moment and enjoy every moment of life, and that's the only way to go,” Lundgren said before heading into surgery.
On Wednesday, the actor shared a quick update on his Instagram Story, writing, “Thank you for all the wonderful messages and supportive comments.”
“It's going to take a little longer to break me,” he added with a winking emoji, a nod to Sylvester Stallone's famous line in Rocky IV: “I have to break you.” .
Lundgren thanked fans for their support, saying, “It's going to take a little while to break me,” a reference to his famous line to Sylvester Stallone in “Rocky IV.” (Getty Images)
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Lundgren was first diagnosed with cancer in 2015 when doctors discovered a tumor on her kidney. Doctors were able to remove the tumor and he was cancer-free for five years.
”[I am] I am finally cancer-free and feel grateful and excited for a bright future. ”
In an interview on “In Depth With Graham Bensinger,” the doctor revealed in 2020 that he discovered “a few more tumors around it” and removed six more tumors, including one in his liver that was “the size of a lemon.” He revealed that he had grown up. Doctors were unable to remove it.
“It didn't look good,” he told Fox News Digital in January. “My doctor in London basically told me I should quit my job and spend more time with my family. Then I realized this was serious.”
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but, “Universal Solder” star He later learned that his doctor “was giving me the wrong treatment because they weren't really looking at all the biopsies.”
“I got a second opinion from a doctor at UCLA, and she went back and looked at all the biopsies, and she said, 'Well, this isn't what they said. It’s a mutation,’” Lundgren recalled.
“They didn't check it. They just assumed it. As soon as I got the new medication, I started getting better and that was it.” [2022]. ”
Lundgren was diagnosed with cancer in 2015 and was given two years to live before seeking a second opinion. (Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
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“Then last year I had all of those tumors removed,” Lundgren recalled. “They do cryopreservation, they use radiation, and now I think I'm living a normal life, except that I have to go for tests every three months. But… , everything else is back to normal.'' So it was scary and magical at the same time. ”
Fox News Digital's Ashley Hume and Larry Fink contributed to this report.
