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Dancing with the Stars panelist Carrie Ann Inaba gave her fans an update they didn’t expect on Thursday, revealing that she’s recovering from an emergency appendectomy.
The 55-year-old dancer took to Instagram on Thursday afternoon to share a short video from her hospital bed.
The video – set to Meghan Trainor’s 2016 song Me Too – revealed she was suffering from acute appendicitis.
Explanatory videos revealed that a “minor late-night surgery” had caused “a few small complications” and resulted in a “four-night hospital stay”.
The operation will also require “4-6 weeks of recovery” though she added, “But I’m just thankful I’m still alive,” flashing a peace sign to the camera.
Update: Dancing with the Stars panelist Carrie Ann Inaba gave her fans an update they didn’t expect on Thursday, revealing that she’s recovering from an emergency appendectomy.
Acute: The video – which is set to Meghan Trainor’s 2016 song Me Too – showed that she was suffering from acute appendicitis.
Hospital: Video captions revealed that a “little late night surgery” had caused “a few small complications” and resulted in a “four night hospital stay”
I made it a bit clear in a lengthy comment, which I started by giving “a special shout out to the wonderful staff of doctors, nurses and assistants at @cedarssinai for taking such good care of me”.
She added, “I had an emergency appendectomy last week, and while it was a very painful experience, I also know that it is a gift to even have that pain.”
“I realized after speaking with my doctor that it could have been much worse,” she explained.
Episodes of appendicitis come on suddenly and seem out of nowhere. And when you’re in so much pain, the last thing you want to do is go anywhere.
“And when you have autoimmune diseases, you often have strange health incidents that no one can explain or help you with, so sometimes you try to wait, as I did. I was wrong,” Inaba admitted.
The dancer admitted that she had to come straight to the hospital when, after the sudden and violent vomiting that hit me with my feet, pain started in my stomach.
She added, “I should have gone when I couldn’t stand it without excruciating pain…but I honestly didn’t want to leave my kids, and I’m so used to the pain — though I should let it happen.”
“If you have pain in your stomach, please get it checked out because it could be something very serious,” Inaba told her 532,000 followers.
Hospital: You made it quite a bit clear in a lengthy explanation, which I started by giving a “special shout out to the wonderful staff of doctors, nurses and assistants at @cedarssinai for taking such good care of me”
Emergency: “I had an emergency appendectomy last week, and although it was a very painful experience, I also know it’s a gift to even have that pain.”
Thanks from the bottom of my heart to everyone at @cedarssinai for the great care. “If I ever need to do it again, I’ll get back to you,” she said.
“Luckily my supplement won’t bother me anymore,” Inaba concluded with the hashtags #byebyeappendix #appendicitis #health #autoimunedisease.
She received some love from her family at DWTS, with Derek Hough replying, “Get well soon I had that a few years ago.” Glad you took care of it. I feel better
Violinist Lindsey Stirling added, “Omg. So glad you’re okay! What a scary experience.
Crystal Hefner added, “Oh no, I’m so sorry. I have a ‘wait till it’s over’ situation going on right now. It’s sad we never know.
“I hope you feel better,” added DWTS professional dancer Gleb Savchenko, while Jill Marini added, “Get a better love. You’ll be up and running in zero time. Love love love.”
The autoimmune disease Inaba referred to in her article is Churgen’s syndrome, a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that “destroys the moisture-producing glands.”
Serving as an ambassador for National Sjögren Syndrome Awareness and spokesperson for the Sjögren Syndrome Foundation, she has been committed to raising awareness and striving for a cure.
Thanks: ‘Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone at @cedarssinai for the great care. ‘If I need to do it again,’ she said, ‘I’ll get back to you.’
No appendix: “Fortunately, my appendix won’t bother me anymore,” Inaba concluded with the hashtags #byebyeappendix #appendicitis #health #autoimunedisease
DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba is recovering from an emergency appendectomy