Exodus drummer Tom Hunting recently underwent a full gastrectomy to remove the cancerous gastric tumors discovered earlier this year. Upon completion of that surgery, guitarist Gary Holt said Hunting was cancer free and was doing extremely well. While the latter half of that is true, Hunting clarified in a new Instagram post that he's not exactly out of the woods yet and still has some chemotherapy left to finish.
"I just wanted to thank everyone for taking part in the Blind Illusion show. I'm blown away by all the love and support from everyone in this community! It really propels me in this fight!
"So I had a full gastrectomy on July 12th. I've been healing up good, relearning my relationship with food, smaller portions more spaced out, lotsa proteins, etc… The science of all this continues to blow my mind on a daily basis. Like how can someone even be out walking around 2 weeks after the surgery?? HAHA!! Anyway, I'm super thankful!! I've learned that so many people don't even get a surgical option. The doctors had a good plan, they went in, and they've told me they got it all!! Fuck Yesss, sounds good to me!!
"But it's presumptious to say CANCER FREE at this point. I really hope to make that statement myself soon down the road. But let's not jinx it! I'm still in the middle of this fight. The hardest part is over with still 4 outro chemo treatments pending. After that, I'll have another scan that'll hopefully show that Cancers Ass has been evicted from my body and kicked down the road!!
"I can't wait to see you all soon and play some of the new Exodus music live!!! Much Love!!!!"
