Actor Dipika Kakar underwent surgery for a cancerous liver tumor more than a month ago. While she is on the road to recovery, she has a long road to recovery ahead of her. Recently, Dipika went live on YouTube where she spoke about the challenges she has been facing after the surgery. The actor, who was last seen on Celebrity MasterChef, also opened up about her treatment and shared her plans to make a comeback on TV soon.
Talking about her life after the surgery, Dipika said, “After the surgery, suddenly everything seems to have changed for me. Earlier, I was not able to just sit in one place; I would keep doing something or the other, and suddenly I had nothing to do. Of course, the doctor has advised me to be active. But there are days when I feel I just need to rest and do nothing.”
“Can’t lift Ruhaan in my arms, he gets upset…”
One major challenge that Dipika Kakar has been facing in her recovery phase is being a doting parent. She has been struggling to look after her son Ruhaan. In the video, Dipika said that she’s bothered about not being able to lift her child in her arms, and he gets upset. “I don’t have energy like before. Suddenly, there are a lot of changes, like I can’t lift Ruhaan in my arms. I can’t play with him like before because of the stitches, and I can’t lift weights. Ruhaan comes all excited towards me and asks me to lift him, but when I can’t, he gets upset and goes away. Woh ek cheez hai joh mujhe bahot pareshaan karti hai (This is one thing that bothers me a lot.) I’m sure things will improve with time,” she said.
“I just pray that my body can tolerate the future treatments…”
Dipika Kakar spoke about Target Therapy, and shared that she hopes her body can tolerate all the future treatments. She said, “The future treatment has also been decided. There is something called Target therapy that I’ll start from next week. During oral Target therapy, I’ll have to take a tablet. I just pray that my body can tolerate the future treatments just like it has done till now. Because everything has side effects, and I’m sure this would too. Just praying and keeping my faith.”
On resuming work and making a comeback, Dipika Kakar shared how she had initially planned to take on projects after she successfully weaned Ruhaan away from breastfeeding. However, when that happened, she had another health crisis to deal with. Dipika also shared that she is waiting for a ‘green signal’ from her doctors.
