“I’m just glad I can report some good news to you and I’m excited to hang with my little boy for Christmas,” said the actress, 43, who was diagnosed with lung cancer
Big Bang Theory star Kate Micucci is officially cancer free.
On Saturday, the 43-year-old actress and comedian — who played Lucy on the fan-favorite CBS sitcom — posted a video on TikTok sharing a health update after she was diagnosed with lung cancer.
“Hey everyone! I just wanted to thank you all so much for the good wishes and all the love that I have received this past week,” she said. “It meant so much to me and really came at a time that I really needed it so thank you.”
In the clip, Micucci told her followers that she’s now clear of lung cancer following a successful surgery last week.
“I have great news, which is that I am cancer free!” she boasted. “The surgery last week went great. All the reports came back that it worked, I don’t need to do any other treatment. So big thank you to all my doctors and nurses and everyone that took just really great care of me. And thanks to figuring it out early because I am very very lucky and I know that.
“I’m just really grateful that things worked out as they did,” she continued. “I’m feeling really good today and I’m honestly just so excited and truly grateful. So thank you all for all the prayers and wishes. I’m just glad I can report some good news to you.”
Micucci added that she’s “excited to hang with my little boy for Christmas” before the video showed her 3-year-old son running up to her and giving her a kiss.
The actress first revealed her lung cancer diagnosis last week in another TikTik video made from the hospital.
“Hey everybody, this is not a TikTok, it’s a ‘Sick Tok,’” she said. “I’m in the hospital but it’s because I had lung cancer surgery yesterday. They caught it really early.”
“It’s really weird, because I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life so uh, you know, it was a surprise,” Micucci said. “But also I guess, also, it happens and so the greatest news is they caught it early, they got it out, I’m all good.”
Lung cancer is the top 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 rare for someone who has never smoked to be diagnosed, it is possible.
According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer in people who don’t 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 spreads to other parts of the body, long term survival is as low as five percent.
“It’s been a little bit of a trip and [I’ll] probably be moving slow for a few weeks but then I’ll be back at it,” Micucci said at the time, adding that she can’t wait to get back to painting.
“Why am I still talking … ‘cause I’m on drugs!” she quipped while giving a thumbs up.
The post also included a video of Micucci walking slowly through the hospital in her gown while wheeling along her IV drip.
In the comments section, the star answered one fan who asked if she had any symptoms that made her go get checked out.
“I had one thing in my bloodwork that came back really high,” she explained, noting later that she had high CRP levels, meaning there was a lot of inflammation. “So I went to a preventative doc who did a few scans. He scanned my heart and that’s where the spot in my lung was noticed.”
