Farrah Fawcett Cancer Update: Farrah Walking, Talking, Issuing Statements

Farah Fawcett has issued a statement to People magazine via her doctor Lawrence Piro, and her producer Craig Nevius, thanking her fans for their support and asking them to keep the faith while she is hospitalized in Los Angeles after treatment for cancer. According to the statement, Farrah is walking and talking and expected to return home this weekend. Piro also gave an explanation about the photograph circulating around the internet featuring Farrah in a wheelchair.

The reason she was in that wheelchair is because she had a small procedure while in Germany and left for the airport soon after. She could have stayed in Germany to recuperate for a day or two but she was really very anxious to come home.

She took a nine-hour flight right after that procedure. It turned out that the procedure caused a small amount of bleeding in one of the muscles of her abdomen, making a hematoma, which was quite painful. Actually, it was painful for her to walk, which is why she was in that wheelchair. And that pain, which was coming from the hematoma, had nothing directly to do with the cancer.

She’s able to walk. And she remains in good spirits with her usual sense of humor. She’s been in great shape her whole life and has an incredible resolve and an incredible resilience.

Godspeed, honorary Tejana and O.G. Charlie’s Angel.

Farrah Fawcett Asks Fans to Hold on to Hope [People]