Dolly Parton has canceled her beforehand postponed Las Vegas residency as a consequence of well being challenges that go away her feeling “swimmy headed” — however has assured followers her illnesses are treatable.
“The good news is I’m responding really well to meds and treatments and I’m improving every day,” the 80-year-old nation celebrity mentioned in a brief video posted to her official Instagram account. “Now the bad news is, it’s going to take me a little while before I’m up to stage-performance level because some of the meds and treatments make me a lit bit swimmy headed, as my grandma used to say.”
“And of course, I can’t be dizzy carrying around banjos, guitars, and such on five-inch heels — and you know that I’m going to be wearing them,” she joked. “Not to mention, all those heavy rhinestone outfits, the big hair, my big … uh, personality. Lord, those — that would make anybody swimmy headed!”
She didn’t share too many particulars about her well being however clarified that she’s all the time “had problems with my kidney stones,” and that her immune system and digestive system “got all out of whack over the past couple three years and they’re working real hard on rebuilding and strengthening those.”
She additionally clarified that her docs have assured her “that everything I have is treatable, so I’m going with that.”
She mentioned that she continues to be engaged on opening her museum and resort in Nashville in addition to her forthcoming Broadway musical, “Dolly: A True Original Musical,” opening in New York later this yr.
In September, Parton introduced her first Las Vegas residency in 32 years was going to be postponed as a consequence of “health challenges.” She was scheduled to carry out six reveals at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for “Dolly: Live in Las Vegas” in December, overlapping with the National Finals Rodeo. Her dates had been moved to this September, earlier than being canceled on Monday.
“Don’t worry about me quittin’ the business because God hasn’t said anything about stopping yet,” she mentioned on the time of the postponement. “But I believe he is telling me to slow down right now so I can be ready for more big adventures with all of you.”
Last September, Parton additionally was unable to attend the announcement of a brand new experience at her Tennessee theme park Dollywood as a consequence of well being points. “I had a kidney stone that was causing me a lot of problems, turned out it’d given me an infection, and the doctor said, ‘You don’t need to be traveling right this minute, so you need a few days to get better,’” Parton mentioned in a video announcement on the time.
The following month, Parton posted a video to social media joking that she “ain’t dead yet,” following public hypothesis about her well being.
“There are just a lot of rumors flying around. But I figured if you heard it from me, you’d know that I was OK,” she mentioned in a two-minute video posted on Instagram. “I’m not ready to die yet. I don’t think God is through with me. And I ain’t done working.”
Parton performs now and again however hasn’t toured since her “Pure & Simple Tour” resulted in 2016.
A consultant directed The Associated Press’ again to Parton’s video message when requested for remark.
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