Mark Hoppus Is ‘Grateful’ for Four Years of Being ‘Cancer-Free’
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- Mark Hoppus shared a milestone in his recovery from stage 4 lymphoma after being diagnosed with the cancer in 2021
- The Blink-182 bassist-singer, 53, said he’s reached “four years cancer-free” in a Sept. 29 post to his Instagram stories
- He said he’s “grateful for every day and every moment” following a cancer struggle that left him in a deep depression
Mark Hoppus said he’s “grateful for every day” following his struggle with lymphoma in 2021.
“Four years cancer-free,” the Blink-182 bassist-vocalist, 53, wrote in a caption shared to his Instagram stories on Sept. 29. Over a scenic photo of the sun’s rays breaking through the clouds over a hilltop, Hoppus wrote that he’s “grateful for every day and every moment.”
The “What’s My Age Again?” singer first shared his cancer diagnosis on social media in July 2021, telling fans he’d been undergoing chemotherapy for the past three months.
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“I have cancer,” Hoppus wrote. “It sucks and I’m scared, and at the same time I’m blessed with incredible doctors and family and friends to get me through this.”
He later shared more details on his cancer, telling fans on Twitch, “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.”
“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.”
As the Mayo Clinic explains, it means that the cancer “has spread outside of the lymph nodes to organs including the bone marrow, liver, lungs, kidneys, digestive tract or nervous system.” However, “the chance of surviving diffuse large B-cell lymphoma is quite good for most people,” and survival rates for that cancer have been increasing.
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However, Hoppus previously told PEOPLE that his cancer diagnosis sent him into a deep depression, until he realized, “ ‘You have a beatable form of cancer. It’s going to suck to get there, but get there.’ I had to do the work.”
Five months after his diagnosis, Hoppus received good news, as he shared alongside a photo of a recent blood draw, telling fans, “Very grateful today. My scan came back clean and I’m cancer-free. Thankful for everyday I get to be here. Love you all.”
He’s since returned to touring life; Blink-182 is currently in the midst of their Missionary Impossible U.S. tour.
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