"Get my voice back": Kathy Griffin's intense pre-op drama
Kathy Griffin has shared footage of her pre-operation appointment before she undergoes vocal cord surgery in an effort to save her voice.
The American comedian took to TikTok to show fans the process of her surgeon sticking a camera scope up her nose and through to her vocal cord to get a clearer view of the damage.
"First step is the numbing spray. Then the scope goes up the nose, down into the vocal cords!" she explained with captions.
"As you can see, the left chord is paralyzed.”
After she was instructed to make noises to test the cords, Griffin is seen following the doctor’s orders and watching her vocal cord movement on the screen.
Griffin reflected post-operation in the same clip, with the 62-year-old lying in a recovery bed following the surgery.
"I just had my latest surgery on my left vocal cord, because I want to be in good shape for my big Vegas show," she said.
"This is just part of my recovery post-lung cancer surgery," she added. "I'm cancer-free, so anyway a little scratchy today, but I'll be in good shape.”
"I so appreciate you guys following along on my journey to get my voice back after lung cancer,” Griffin captioned the video, also sharing it to her Instagram.
Griffin had part of her lung removed in 2021 after being diagnosed with lung cancer and was in remission four months later.
Her latest hospital visit comes after she revealed her diagnosis of “complex PTSD” in early 2023.
Griffin shared her diagnosis in a TikTok in April, asking her followers for recommendations on how to cope with anxiety and depression.
"Let's talk about PTSD. Never talked about it publicly," she said. "You can laugh or whatever, but I've been diagnosed with complex PTSD, and it's called an extreme case."
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