Big Bang Theory star Kate Micucci is officially cancer free.
On Saturday, the 43-year-old actress and comedian — who played Lucy on the beloved CBS sitcom — posted a video on TikTok sharing her health update after being diagnosed with lung cancer.
“Hey everyone! “I just wanted to thank you all for the good wishes and all the love I received last week,” she said. “It meant so much to me and it really came at a time when I really needed it so thank you.”
In the clip, Micucci told her followers that she is now lung cancer free after successful surgery last week.
“I have great news, and that is that I am cancer free!” she boasted. “The operation last week went well. All the reports came back that it worked, I don’t have to do any other treatment. A big thank you to all my doctors and nurses and everyone who took such good care of me. And thanks to realizing it early because I’m very lucky and I know it.
“I’m just very grateful that things turned out the way they did,” she continued. “I feel really good today and I’m honestly very excited and truly grateful. So thank you all for your prayers and wishes. I am happy to give you good news.”
Micucci added that she was “excited to hang out with my little boy for Christmas” before the video showed her three-year-old son approaching her and kissing her.
Big Bang Theory Star Kate Micucci reveals lung cancer diagnosis: ‘I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life’
The actress first revealed her lung cancer diagnosis last week in another TikTik video taken from the hospital.
“Hey everyone, this isn’t TikTok, it’s ‘Sick Tok,'” she said. “I’m in the hospital, but that’s because I had lung cancer surgery yesterday. They caught him very early.”
“It’s really weird, because I’ve never lit a cigarette in my life, so it was a surprise,” Micucci said. “But I also guess that happens as well and that’s why the biggest news is that they caught him early, they got him out, I’m fine.”
Lung cancer is the leading cancer killer in the United States, accounting for about 1 in 5 of all cancer deaths. Although smoking is by far the leading cause of lung cancer and it is rarely diagnosed in someone who has never smoked, it is possible.
According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer in people who do not smoke can be caused by exposure to radon, secondhand smoke, air pollution or other factors.
When lung cancer is diagnosed at an early stage, 70 percent live at least five years. Once lung cancer has spread to other parts of the body, long-term survival is only five percent.
Kate Micucci after lung cancer surgery.
Kate Micucci/TikTok (2)
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“It was a small trip and [I’ll] it’s probably going to be slow for a few weeks, but then I’ll get back to it,” Micucci said at the time, adding that she can’t wait to get back to painting.
“Why am I still talking… because I’m on drugs!” she joked giving a thumbs up.
The post also included a video of Micucci walking slowly through the hospital in her gown while wheeled around with her IV.
In the comments section, the star responded to a fan who asked if she had any symptoms that caused her to go in for a check-up.
“I had one thing in my blood work that came up really high,” she explained, noting later that she had high levels of CRP, which means there was a lot of inflammation. “So I went to a preventive doctor who did several tests. He scanned my heart and there was a spot on the lung.”
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