Giving his daughter away on her wedding ceremony day took work for Jeff Bridges.
In a brand new interview with The Unbiased, the 72-year-old “True Grit” star opened up about his latest well being troubles, together with his prognosis with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2020.
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He additionally contracted COVID in 2021. Later within the 12 months, Bridges introduced that his most cancers was in remission, however as he has now shared, restoration was not straightforward.
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Along with his daughter’s wedding ceremony to attend, the actor mentioned, “The primary objective was how lengthy can I rise up.”
Because it turned out, he might solely stand for 45 seconds at a time. It took working with a coach and oxygen help so as to have the ability to stroll longer distances.
“Lastly, someday I mentioned, ‘Possibly I can do it, you already know.’ And it seems I not solely received to stroll her down the aisle, however I received to do the marriage dance,” Bridges mentioned. “That was terrific.”
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Talking with Individuals earlier this 12 months, Bridges talked about his expertise with COVID whereas present process chemotherapy.
“I had no defenses. That’s what chemo does — it strips you of all of your immune system. I had nothing to struggle it,” he mentioned. “COVID made my most cancers appear to be nothing.”
He added, “I used to be fairly near dying. The medical doctors stored telling me, ‘Jeff, you’ve received to struggle. You’re not preventing.’ I used to be in give up mode. I used to be able to go. I used to be dancing with my mortality.”