Source: http://www.crazydaysandnights.net

This older permanent A list country singer has cancer and has been hiding it for close to two years now.

Apparently things have taken a turn for the worse and is not expected to live the rest of the year.

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson Hopes Stem Cell Surgery Helps with Continued Lung Issues

In mid October, country legend Willie Nelson unexpectedly canceled a few upcoming concert dates in Virginia and Pennsylvania due to an undisclosed medical issue. At 82-years-old, any time there’s news of a medical issue with Willie, it can be a cause for concern. Now the medical issue has been revealed.

Willie Nelson took time off from touring to have a new breakthrough regenerative stem cell procedure conducted. The hope is it will keep the 82-year-old singing and performing for years to come.

“It was a stem-cell operation. It’s supposed to help the lungs,” Willie told The Washington Post late last week. “Over the years I’ve smoked a lot of cigarettes, and I’ve had emphysema and pneumonia four or five times, so my lungs were really screwed up, and I had heard that this stem-cell operation would be good for them. So I said, ‘Well, I’m gonna try it out.’ But I’m still so sore that I can’t say that it was a success. I’ll have to wait until all the soreness goes away.”

Asked if it hurts to sing, Willie responded, “I’ll let you know. [Laughs.] I think I’ll be able to sing. The only thing that worries me more than anything is carrying my guitar, because they did the operation right in my stomach. But I think I’ll be all right . . . I don’t do time off very well. But I’m really pissed that I’ve been laid up here the past couple of weeks with this operation, because I need to be working.” – Source


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