Comedian Judith Lucy has fallen and injured her head as a result of “coping” with her recent cancer diagnosis.
The stalwart of Australian comedy revealed earlier this month she has breast cancer and on Friday underwent a double mastectomy.
But on Wednesday, Lucy also shared she had lost her balance while drinking and taking sleeping pills in the immediate aftermath of the diagnosis.
The social media post was combined with a picture of her bandaged forehead and bruised eye socket, captioned “cancer and coping?”.
“Obviously the takeaway is don’t combine wine and pills … when you have cancer.”
Lucy has been sharing her cancer journey on social media.
“So I wanted to own the fact that while I’m currently doing okay with the cancer situation (I have no doubt that the roller coaster of emotions will continue) this is a photo from an ‘event’ that happened nine days after my diagnosis,” she said in Wednesday’s post.
“It looks a little like my doctor said, ‘You have cancer’, and then I decided to punch myself in the face. Not an unreasonable response but it’s actually the result of combining booze and sleeping pills and then doing the tango with a small table.
“When my surgeon removed the bandage she said comfortingly, ‘It just blends in with the other lines on your forehead.’ Thank god my modelling career isn’t over.”
Lucy shared with fans earlier this month she had been diagnosed with an early stage, non-aggressive cancer three weeks prior, and had undergone a lumpectomy.
“I take this opportunity to say ladies, for the love of god, keep up with your mammograms,” she said earlier this month.
“If I do say so myself, I have had 40 years of large and spectacular breasts. You had your chance fellas.
“So I think I’m quite fine with going bra-free for my last chapter.”
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