Richard Simmons, a fitness expert, made the announcement this week that he had skin cancer only as he was about to pass away.
The lonely character, 75, on Tuesday revealed in a Twitter post how he discovered a “blemish” on his mouth was actually cancerous.
What’s that scar that is so little, mirror on the wall, you ask? Under my proper attention, there was a strange looking knock. I used a tube of Neosporin to apply it [in ] the morning and evening… it was still there”, he said.
Simmons recalled a following nerve- wracking excursion to the pediatrician, where the doc needed” to brush it and put it under the microscope”.
Within 20 days, Simmons was informed he had basal cell carcinoma. Though the , Mayo Clinic , notes this usually presents as a” open bump” on elements of the body exposed to the sun, like the head or chest, it can take various forms.
I told him to cease calling me unclean brands. He laughed”, said Simmons, who next went to , cosmetic and skin cancer physician Dr. Ralph Massey , to have the nudge burnt” to eliminate the cancer cell.
” The burning really hurt my skin, “he wrote, noting he had to repeat the process as the doctor had yet to” get it all out.”
” This time was worse than before…It was deeper. This time, I gritted my teeth, not so much.
Simmons on Monday , scared his followers , when he posted that he was” dying.”
” The truth is we all are dying, “he added”. He said reminding followers to tell those you love that you love them every day as we live.
In the hours leading up to announcing his diagnosis, Simmons issued an apology” for this confusion, noting:” I am not dying. It was intended as a way to express how we should embrace each day that we have.
Simmons has made headlines several times in recent months amid news that , Pauly Shore would portray him , in an upcoming film,  ,” The Court Jester” , , a film for which Simmons said he had , “never given my permission”.
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