Kate Micucci, best known for starring in sitcom The Big Bang Theory, has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
On Saturday, Micucci, 43, posted a video on TikTok captioned, “an update on what I’ve been up to”.
“Hey everybody, this is not a TikTok, it’s a ‘Sick Tok.’ I’m in the hospital but it’s because I had lung cancer surgery yesterday,” she said, reported The New York Post.
“They caught it really early. It’s really weird, because I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life so uh, you know, it was a surprise”.
The actress and comedian, who has a three-year-old son with musician husband Jake Sinclair, 38, played Lucy on the hit show.
Lucy was an awkward woman that Raj (Kunal Nayyar) met at a single’s party. They had a romance in The Big Bang Theory’s sixth series before she eventually dumped him. Even after that, she still appeared on season 7 and came back for season 10.
She’s also appeared in Scrubs, Raising Hope, Steven Universe and she’s voiced Velma in the Scooby-doo franchise since 2015.
“But also I guess it happens,” she said in her video, referring to nonsmokers getting lung cancer.
“And so the greatest news is they caught it early, they got it out, I’m all good.”
In the comments section on the video, she elaborated on how she learned about her diagnosis.
“I had one thing in my blood work that came back really high … It was HCRP … not sure what that is exactly but I guess it means there is inflammation somewhere,” Micucci said.
A high-sensitivity C-reactive protein test, or has-CRP, measures a protein mande by the liver which can indicate inflammation in the body.
“So I went to a preventive doc who did a few scans. He scanned my heart and that’s where the spot in my lung was noticed,” Micucci continued.
“I’m happy for early detection!!! Heal well,” one fan wrote in the comments, while another wrote, “Glad they caught it early. Get lots of rest and be gentle on yourself when you do a lot of thinking about it in the days to come”.
“It’s been a little bit of a trip and [I’ll] probably be moving slow for a few weeks but then I’ll be back at it,” Micucci said in the video.
“Why am I still talking … ‘cause I’m on drugs!” she said as she finished her announcement.
Micucci ended the video with a shot of her walking down a hospital hallway with an IV, telling a nurse, “I’ve got to say, the artwork here is pretty nice”.
This story appeared in The New York Post and is reproduced with permission.