Sandra Lee has once again updated her fans and followers about her condition after getting a hysterectomy done on Tuesday, according to PEOPLE.
On Friday, the 55-year-old Food Network star shared a selfie on Instagram from the hospital, opening up about her recovery in the caption.
Lee wrote, “Surgery is never fun but the third day for me is always the worst day for me. Yesterday (my 3 day) was quite aggressive. All I can remember is I threw up all day. She also described how she was “so sick, I threw up and cried” and how her boyfriend Ben Youcef did his best to care for her, “trying to get me to drink or eat or anything.”
The chef added, “Was not an easy day for either of us. So by 5 I was on my way to the hospital — of course. The head of ER (who I love) said I had some kind of infection and my kidneys were only working at 30% (from being overly dehydrated I guess).”
Lee went on to say she was waiting for culture and blood work to be done. She also said that being treated at the hospital made her feel “much better.”
“Surgeries are so brutal but I’m still glad I did it,” she continued. “Once they got the IV in, wonderful anti-nausea meds I felt much better. Ben stayed with me as long as he could, he was so patient. To take my mind off of what was going on we researched beautiful villages that we could drive to this summer. I have such Wanderlust. No amount of time on this beautiful planet will be long enough.”
Ending her post with a call to action, Lee told her followers to “go wander around somewhere new, even if it’s just a local park or pathway and even if it’s snowing.. why not. For me I cannot wait for summer and to get home!!”
Two days before the recent post, Lee shared her last post-operative update. In that post, she admitted the surgery was “a bit rough” but that she is feeling “grateful that this is the end of one chapter and the beginning of another.”
On Tuesday, the Emmy Award winner said she was having a hysterectomy in a social media post shortly before the procedure.
The hysterectomy procedure comes seven years after Lee underwent a double mastectomy as a breast cancer treatment. The mastectomy procedure resulted in an infection that initially put off reconstruction surgery. Lee had to undergo a double mastectomy in May 2015 after getting diagnosed with breast cancer in March of that year.
