Sam Neill told fans that he is “alive and well” and in remission after revealing his leukemia diagnosis
Sam Neill He wants everyone to know that he is okay after recently revealing that he is He was diagnosed with stage 3 leukemia last year.
the Jurassic Park The 75-year-old star took to Instagram on Saturday to assure fans that he’s been on the mend for the past eight months.
Neil, who was casually wearing a white T-shirt, remarked in a long video that it was a bit “exhausting” to hear about his health struggles on the news because he is “alive and well.”
“I [health] The news seems to be all over the news right now, kind of like “Cancer! Cancer! Cancer!” shared the New Zealand-born star. “Which is a little stressful because as you can see, I’m alive and well and I’ve been in remission. For eight months, and it feels really good.”
According to Neil, his health is thriving, he is “alive and kicking and… very happy to be back in action.” Next week, he’ll be back in front of the camera, co-starring with Annette Bening in the upcoming adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s book. Apples never fall. But in the end, he hopes that the dialogue around him will focus more on his upcoming memoirs. Have I told you this before?which he wrote while he was receiving cancer treatment.
He continued, “I wish the main title wasn’t ‘This Thing’ so much, because the main thing is that I wrote this book.” “And he mentions cancer because that’s the kind of context in which I wrote it.”
He added, “I didn’t really mean to write a book; I needed something to do while I was in treatment, and I’m used to going to work and suddenly I couldn’t go to work. That’s why I wrote the book, and I have to say there was a huge response to it.”
Neil went on to explain that he never thought he would have such a flourishing acting career. This is one of the reasons for translating his book “Movies, Life, Love and Other Disasters”.
“So it gives you an idea of all the crazy things that have happened to me. The tone of the book is one of surprise,” he says. piano The star explained. “I never thought I’d have a career as an actor, let alone on screen. But that kind of happened and I’m so grateful looking back on this life, and that’s what the book is about.”
He concluded by asking people to focus on the book rather than the cancer.
He concluded with a number of fans and friends including: “Let’s not worry so much about ‘all of it’ because I’m fine. Tom Payne And Alan Cumming to Tatum O’Neal And Bobby Cannavale Chime in the comments to share their well wishes.
Neil first spoke about his health in an interview with guardian which was released on Friday. He shared that he first found out he was sick while he was under pressure Jurassic World Dominion Last year, I noticed he had swollen glands. Within weeks, he was receiving chemotherapy for angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a cancer of the blood. Unfortunately, the first round of treatments didn’t work. The piece cited a passage in his book in which he wrote, “The thing is, I’m a con. I might die. I might have to speed this up.” Neil went on to say that he was “not afraid of death, but it would bother me.”
He told the newspaper, “I’d really like a decade or two more, you know? We’ve built all these beautiful terraces, we’ve got olive trees and cypress trees, and I want to be around to see everything ripe. And I have my beautiful little grandchildren. I want to see them grow up. As for the dying ones?” I couldn’t care less.”