59-year-old comedian Kathy Griffin has made a startling announcement about her health. Not only did she reveal that she had survived a suicide attempt last year while battling prescription drug dependency, but she also revealed that she had been diagnosed with stage one lung cancer. The comedian was devastated to learn that she has cancer because, according to her, she never smoked cigarettes in her life but will nevertheless need to have part of her lung removed in order to hinder the spread of the disease.
Before she was struck with the news of her cancer, Griffin found herself in an uncomfortable position after she staged a decapitated replica of former President Trump’s head on Instagram in 2017. Her career came crashing down as a result of that action, and she turned to prescription pills to dull the agony, but she gradually outran control until she hit rock bottom with her suicide attempt. Griffin claims that after attempting suicide and failing, he was placed under a mental hold by hospital authorities.
In an interview that aired on ABC News this past Monday, Griffin first talked about her suicide attempt and cancer diagnosis. She described how she would need to have surgery to remove the malignant portion of her lung. She claimed that she is now living a drug-free existence and has recovered from her mental illness to the point that she is eager to overcome this medical crisis.
“The irony is not lost on me that, a little over a year ago, all I wanted to do was die. And now, all I wanna do is live,” she stated.
After taking a pill to promote wakefulness, she began seeing things that others don’t. She became addicted to Provigil, which is an amphetamine similar to Adderall. Her doctor prescribed her the drug, but she ended up abusing it in order to cope with her job problems following the botched joke regarding Trump’s decapitated head.
She was also given Ambien to assist her fall asleep and a slew of pain pills to help her manage the discomfort caused by other injuries, in addition to being given the amphetamine medication. The cocktail of prescription medications became a strong brew that quickly enthralled Griffin since he offered her an opportunity to escape from her difficulties.
“I started thinking about suicide more and more as I got into the pill addiction, and it became almost an obsessive thought. I started really convincing myself it was a good decision,” Griffin said. “I got my living revocable trust in order. I had all my ducks in a row. I wrote the note – the whole thing.”
In June 2020, as the coronavirus epidemic was at its worst, Griffin attempted to take her life.
“I really fell in love with (the pills),” she confessed. “Then, it was kind of the allure of, ‘Oh, I can regulate my energy levels or my moods. Or…I fell on my elbow in my act or something, and I can be pain-free or something.’ And it got out of control very rapidly.”
After surgery, she is confident that she will be free of lung cancer.
