Lou Koller, the frontman for Sick Of It All, returned to social media this week to make a heartbreaking announcement.
After announcing in May that he had beaten esophageal cancer, shared a video update on Instagram in which he announced the disease has returned.
“Hey everybody what’s up, it’s Lou here,” Koller said in the video. “I don’t know if you can tell with my new skeletal look that I have going on. Here’s an update for you. It’s not one I want to make, but unfortunately the cancer has come back, and he brought some friends with him.
“I was having a really hard time with my recovery,” he continued. “I was having a tough time gaining weight and keeping food down so I had some scans done and sure enough it’s back. But we are going to take it day-by-day and see what happens. I want to thank you all again for your support and the way you all reach out to me is … thank you very much. I’ll keep you updated and let you know how it goes, alright? See you soon.”
It’s awful news, especially so close to Koller’s May announcement that he was cancer free.
“Got some good news for everyone. Got the test results back. The scan results I mean. Turns out, looks like there’s nothing left. No more cancer. So, I’m officially cancer free right now,” he said back then. “Thank God for that, and thank you all for your positive vibes, your well-wishes. Thank you so much for all of your support, and I’m really happy about this and I can try to get on to getting myself back to normal with this chicken neck and all this stuff. Thank you. That’s all I can say. I’m really happy. I still have to go for a new scan every six months for the next couple years to make sure it’s still out of me, but as of now I’m cancer free.
“Thank you everybody so much.”
Koller first announced he was battling the disease last June.
“As you may or may not know, we had to cancel our full European tour this summer,” he said back then. “There’s some rumors going around as to why, and we are here to set the record straight, but we wanted to wait until we got all the information before making an announcement.”
That is when he got right to what he was dealing with.
“The reason that it is cancelled is because they found a tumor in my esophagus that goes into my stomach, and I’ll have to be getting treatment all summer,” he said. “Of course, I had full support of the band. As soon as they heard it, they were like forget the tour.
“Just get healthy.”
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