Jessie J is on the road to recovery after completing surgery following an early breast cancer diagnosis. The singer-songwriter shared an update on Instagram following her mastectomy, revealing that the cancer did not spread.
“Results = I have NO cancer spread,” Jessie wrote, followed by a string of crying emojis. “Happy tears are real. Thank YOU for the prayers, the love, the well wishes, the joy and all the positive energy.” The caption accompanied a video of her son, Sky, learning to say “Mommy’s gonna be OK.”
“This video is from the night before my surgery,” she wrote in her caption. “We called it baby boy. You are my biggest ray of light and with you in my life the darkness will never win.”
Following the surgery in late June, Jessie said that one of the biggest pitfalls of the experience was “not being able to be the mum I’m used to being and not picking Sky up,” as well as “the fear of not knowing if the cancer is all gone.” Prior to the procedure, the singer shared an emotional video in which she cried at the thought of hearing her son say he loves her and not being able to say it back.
Jessie is celebrating her victory, but still has a ways to go before she’s fully recovered. “Lots of healing to go and one more surgery to make these cousins look more like sisters,” she wrote. “But for now it’s gratitude time and I am changing my name to The LopJess monster.”
When Jessie revealed her diagnosis, she mentioned that she was “not processing it because I’m working so hard.” In a separate post shared in June, she looked back on a live performance she completed right after she had undergone several breast biopsies in private. “I also know how much sharing in the past has helped me with other people giving me their love and support and also their own stories,” she said.
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