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Author Cheryl Strayed <\/strong>canceled her upcoming appearances as her husband, Brian Lindstrom<\/strong>, navigates an undisclosed health scare.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cMy beloved husband, Brian, has been diagnosed with a serious, fatal illness and, for that reason, I had to cancel my writing workshop at Kripalu and also my appearance at Hunter College this week,\u201d Strayed, 57, wrote via Instagram<\/a> on Thursday, April 30. \u201cMy apologies to those of you who made plans to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued, \u201cI simply cannot do anything but be with my family right now and see to our broken hearts. I ask that you hold us in your thoughts, prayers, light and love.\u201d<\/p>\n Strayed, who has been married to Lindstrom since 1999, did not further disclose his condition. She also defended posting on social media amid his health battle.<\/p>\n Celebrity Health Scares Through the Years<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIf it seems emotionally dissonant to see me posting cheerful clips from my podcast each week, now and over the coming several weeks, it is for me too,\u201d she added on Thursday. Those interviews, which I loved doing, were recorded previously, in easier, happier times.\u201d<\/p>\n Several of Strayed\u2019s social media followers offered their support in the comments section.<\/p>\n \u201cPrayers are with you \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc,\u201d Hilary Swank <\/strong>replied, while Adriene Mishler<\/strong> added, \u201cCheryl, thank you for modeling care and connection. \u2764\ufe0fMy heart is with you and yours and we are here for you as you are for so many. All my love.\u201d<\/p>\n Michaela Watkins<\/strong>, for her part, called Strayed\u2019s update \u201cvery gutting\u201d to read.<\/p>\n \u201cMay miracles of mending technology find you,\u201d Watkins, 54, wrote on Thursday. \u201cMay your love of each other and of those who love you hold you so so tight. We are all with you in this pain.\u201d<\/p>\n Gilmore Girls\u2019 \u2018Wild\u2019 Tribute Made Author Cheryl Strayed Cry: It \u2018Took My Breath Away\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n Strayed is a renowned author, best known for her 2012 memoir, <\/a>Wild<\/em><\/a>. In the book, she completed a months-long hike along the Pacific Crest Trail to cope with the death of her mother.<\/p>\n \u201cMy mother’s death brought me to what I think of as my most savage self. It stripped me of the one thing I needed,\u201d the writer recalled in a 2022 interview<\/a>. \u201cMy mother was the taproot of my life. And suddenly, I didn’t have that anymore. I had wild love for my mother. I had wild sorrow. And then I went wild. I went wild into my life.\u201d<\/p>\n She continued at the time, \u201cThe most important thing I hope readers will take away from Wild is the realization that I’m not different from them. I’m not any more courageous or brave than anybody else. I have plenty of fears. I could walk down this driveway and get creeped out by, you know, a sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n