Blink-182frontmanMark Hoppusis staying positive amid his ongoing battle with cancer.The 49-year-old musician, who wasdiagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphomaearlier this year, revealed on Wednesday that he hasfinished another round of chemotherapyand will later undergo a scan to get an update on his condition.“Today I’m grateful to not be going in for chemotherapy. It’s been three weeks since my last treatment,” Hoppus wrote on Twitter. “Normally I’d be going in today. ‘Normally.’ Damn. Getting pumped full of poison every three weeks is my normal.“He added, “On the 29th I get scanned and will know if it worked. 😬🙏.“Large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a type of cancer that occurs in white blood cells and can form tumors throughout the body,according to the Mayo Clinic. It is one of the most common subtypes of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.Hoppus firstwent public with his cancer diagnosisin late June. He opened up more about the disease during a Twitch livestream the following month, telling fans, “My blood’s trying to kill me.““My classification is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma stage 4-A, which means, as I understand it, it’s entered four different parts of my body,” Hoppus explained. “I don’t know how exactly they determine the four-part of it, but it’s entered enough parts of my body that I’m stage 4,which I think is the highest that it goes. So, I’m stage 4-A.“Mark Hoppus.Kevin Winter/GettyAccording to Hoppus, the disease is “the exact form of cancer” his own mother had. “And she beat it, so I’ve been able to talk to her and bond with her quite a bit,” he noted.In July, the “What’s My Age Again?” singer shared with his followers that he had received a test resultshowing progress in his chemotherapy treatment.“Scans indicate that the chemo is working! I still have months of treatments ahead, but it’s the best possible news,” he tweeted at the time, adding, “Just gonna keep fighting…“Mark Hoppus.Mark Hoppus/InstagramWant to get the biggest stories fromPEOPLEevery weekday?Subscribe to our new podcast,PEOPLE Every Day,to get the essential celebrity, entertainment and human interest news stories Monday through Friday.Hoppusstarted his fifth round of chemotherapyin early August and posted a photo of himself sitting down at a medical clinic with an IV in his arm.“Chemo round five,” he captioned the shot. “Let’s heckin go.”
Blink-182frontmanMark Hoppusis staying positive amid his ongoing battle with cancer.
The 49-year-old musician, who wasdiagnosed with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphomaearlier this year, revealed on Wednesday that he hasfinished another round of chemotherapyand will later undergo a scan to get an update on his condition.
“Today I’m grateful to not be going in for chemotherapy. It’s been three weeks since my last treatment,” Hoppus wrote on Twitter. “Normally I’d be going in today. ‘Normally.’ Damn. Getting pumped full of poison every three weeks is my normal.”
He added, “On the 29th I get scanned and will know if it worked. 😬🙏.”
Large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a type of cancer that occurs in white blood cells and can form tumors throughout the body,according to the Mayo Clinic. It is one of the most common subtypes of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Hoppus firstwent public with his cancer diagnosisin late June. He opened up more about the disease during a Twitch livestream the following month, telling fans, “My blood’s trying to kill me.”
“My classification is diffuse large B-cell lymphoma stage 4-A, which means, as I understand it, it’s entered four different parts of my body,” Hoppus explained. “I don’t know how exactly they determine the four-part of it, but it’s entered enough parts of my body that I’m stage 4,which I think is the highest that it goes. So, I’m stage 4-A.”
Mark Hoppus.Kevin Winter/Getty
According to Hoppus, the disease is “the exact form of cancer” his own mother had. “And she beat it, so I’ve been able to talk to her and bond with her quite a bit,” he noted.
In July, the “What’s My Age Again?” singer shared with his followers that he had received a test resultshowing progress in his chemotherapy treatment.
“Scans indicate that the chemo is working! I still have months of treatments ahead, but it’s the best possible news,” he tweeted at the time, adding, “Just gonna keep fighting…”
Mark Hoppus.Mark Hoppus/Instagram
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Hoppusstarted his fifth round of chemotherapyin early August and posted a photo of himself sitting down at a medical clinic with an IV in his arm.
“Chemo round five,” he captioned the shot. “Let’s heckin go.”
source: people.com
