Toby Keith Reflects on "Debilitating" Battle With Stomach Cancer

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Raise a reddish Solo cupful to Toby Keith.

The state euphony singer, 61, precocious shared his anticipation to 1 time instrumentality to touring pursuing his battle with tummy cancer

"Yeah, I'm reasoning of getting backmost to warring shape," helium said during a November occurrence of CMT Hot 20 Countdown. "I request a small spot of clip to conscionable remainder up and heal up. It's beauteous debilitating to person to spell done each that. But arsenic agelong arsenic everything stays hunky dory, past we'll look astatine thing bully successful the future." 

Fans learned of Keith's crab travel implicit the summer. "Last autumn I was diagnosed with tummy cancer," helium tweeted connected June 12. "I've spent the past 6 months receiving chemo, radiation and surgery. So far, truthful good. I request clip to breathe, retrieve and relax."

While the "Should've Been a Cowboy" creator noted helium was "looking guardant to spending this time" with his family, helium besides expressed his excitement to yet get backmost to the stage.

"But I volition spot the fans sooner than later," helium added. "I can't wait."

And helium appreciated their well-wishes. "Thank you for each your emotion and support," the seven-time Grammy nominee wrote successful a June 14 tweet. "I person the champion fans successful the world."

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Followers person already seen Keith measurement backmost into the spotlight. In November, helium gave an impromptu show astatine Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse successful Lexington, Kentucky. 

"It was truly bully to spot if you had immoderate powerfulness and vocals left," helium said during his CMT interview with Cody Alan, "and we did each right."

That aforesaid month, Keith received the Icon grant astatine the 2022 BMI Country Awards. "The songwriting worldly was ever the astir important to me," helium shared. "When I got here, they go, 'Are you a songwriter?' And I go, 'I deliberation I am.' And I conscionable hoped the creator and the different portion would transportation it oregon idiosyncratic would chopped these songs. But it each worked retired successful the end, the champion it could've."

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