Barry Manilow has supplied an replace on his well being after being recognized with lung most cancers.
The Grammy Award winner, 82, shared a photograph of himself smiling as he lay in a hospital mattress on Friday, January 2. Alongside the picture, Manilow assured his followers on Friday that he was feeling “higher as we speak.”
Manilow was showered with optimistic messages and well-wishes from his Instagram followers. Melanie Taylor, Manilow’s longtime backup singer, beamed “that’s my boss y’all” within the feedback.
“He’s making it by the rain! Love you B,” Taylor went on.
Barry Manilow shares hospital mattress selfie Courtesy Instagram / Barry Manilow
Weapons N’ Roses and The Cult alum Matt Sorum added, “Heal up Barry, a lot love.”
“Sending numerous love, Barry,” drag icon Coco Peru chimed in.
On December 22, Manilow went public together with his lung most cancers prognosis and confirmed he would quickly bear surgical procedure.
“As lots of you understand, I not too long ago went by six weeks of bronchitis adopted by a relapse of one other 5 weeks. Though I used to be over the bronchitis and again on stage on the Westgate Las Vegas, my fantastic physician ordered an MRI simply to guarantee that every little thing was OK,” he shared through Instagram. “The MRI found a cancerous spot on my left lung that must be eliminated. It’s pure luck (and an amazing physician) that it was discovered so early. That’s the excellent news.”
The “Can’t Smile With out You” singer defined that he wanted to complete his annual Christmas live shows in December earlier than scheduling a date to “have the spot eliminated.”
“The docs don’t imagine it has unfold, and I’m taking exams to substantiate their prognosis. So, that’s it. No chemo. No radiation. Simply hen soup and I Love Lucy reruns,” he wrote.
The singer-songwriter introduced that he wanted “a month to get well” post-op, so he was cancelling scheduled live shows in January. (Manilow had been set to headline gigs in Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia and Ohio this month.)
“I’m very sorry that you must change your plans,” he wrote to followers. “Similar to you, we have been all trying ahead to the January reveals and hate having to maneuver every little thing round.”
Trying forward, Manilow stated he intends to return to the stage for his Valentine’s Day weekend live shows at Westgate Las Vegas on February 12-14.
“One thing tells me that February weekend goes to be one massive celebration!” Manilow concluded. “I hope you might have a beautiful Christmas and a Glad New Yr. And bear in mind, when you have even the slightest symptom … get examined! I’ll see you on the Westgate Las Vegas for Valentine’s!”
Manilow has been open about his smoking behavior through the years. He informed The Night Customary in 2012 that he’d “smoked for 30 years,” having initially began when he was solely “9 years outdated.”
“Then I finished about 15, 20 years in the past,” he clarified on the time. “Then I simply began in Las Vegas and the band and I went all the way down to a bit membership and any individual supplied me a cigarette. And I used to be again. Inside every week I used to be again. Not on a pack a day, trigger once I was actually smoking I used to be on three packs a day — non filters. Oh yeah. I used to be an amazing smoker.”
Extra not too long ago, Manilow switched to vaping. Previous to his current lung most cancers prognosis, Manilow battled bronchial pneumonia, an oral tumor and was recognized with squamous cell carcinoma — a type of throat most cancers — in 2020. (Manilow underwent surgical procedure and vocal remedy after his 2020 throat most cancers prognosis and ultimately made a full restoration.)
In 2019, Manilow admitted to the Every day Mirror that he was prepared to simply accept the results after a lifetime of smoking.
“I’m tremendous, I’m ready for the opposite shoe to drop. I’m very outdated, I shouldn’t be in a position to do that,” he stated. “You noticed me going up these stairs on stage — there’s 14 steps up and 14 down, you’ll suppose I needs to be in a wheelchair or one thing.”
Manilow is being supported all through his lung most cancers restoration by his husband, Garry Kief, whom he married in 2014 after greater than 35 years collectively.
