Tanea Brooks (Rebel) announces that she has been diagnosed with primary pulmonary lymphoma
In a video published to her Instagram, AEW star Tanea Brooks (Rebel) revealed that she has been diagnosed with primary pulmonary lymphoma. Here is what she stated…
“I wanted to come on here and give you guys an update on my health. As you know, May of 2024, I was hospitalized for what I thought was cryptococcal pneumonia, which is fungal masses on my lungs. And I went a year long on anti antifungals. And after a year of antifungals, I was not getting better. And along the way, there was… It wasn’t a very smooth sailing journeys to where I am right now. And there was infections, ruptures, tumors, so I had to address those as well. And after a year of not getting better, I decided to go to the Mayo Clinic and see if I could get treated by them. And they found that it was not cryptococcal pneumonia this whole time, and that it is primary pulmonary lymphoma, which is cancer in the lungs. And if there is a best case scenario, then I have it, so that’s good. But that’s what I recently found out, and I wanted to let you guys know.”
“Tomorrow I start rehab because along this tumultuous journey, I have picked up a little disorder called Functional Neurological Disorder, and it has taken my ability to walk. I now walk with a walker, and my My ability to speak clearly, I don’t know if you could tell, but sounds like I bit my tongue. I’ve also lost the ability, or some ability, plus a function, I guess I should say, of my right-hand. I have a claw hand. It’s hard for me to use my dominant hand. I can’t really write and do my I’m going to get up, obviously, and little things like that. I’m sorry, we have tomorrow, and I’m very hopeful that I can gain some of that functioning ability with this. It’s a very aggressive, intense therapy.”
“To address the cancer that I have, the lymphoma, I have a very serious infection right now, so I’m on IV antibiotics, and I have to finish. I have to clear this infection first before I can address the cancer. And once that’s finished, hopefully in December, I will go in for a third bronchoscopy to determine what treatment I’ll We’re having chemo, radiation, immunology, and then we’ll start there, and then we’ll kick its ass. Okay? So I’m hoping that will start around the first of 2026. So hopefully, I’ll be keeping you posted on my journey, and thank you.”