Lena Dunham Cancels Lenny Tour: 'I'm in the Greatest Amount of Physical Pain that I Have Ever Experienced'

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Lena Dunham Cancels Lenny Tour Due to Endometriosis Complications

Lena Dunham regretfully announced that she has to cancel her planned Lenny speaking tour across the country due to complications from her endometriosis surgery.

The writer and actress, 31, says she’s currently “in the greatest amount of physical pain that I have ever experienced,” in a post on Lenny‘s website.

“After being told I was endometriosis-free after my last procedure, more disease was found in deeper spots that required immediate surgery and now physical therapy,” Dunham explains. “This disease is wily and unrelenting, and I’m really blessed to have a community, both online and IRL, who let me express how hard that is.”

Dunham, who was hospitalized shortly after walking the red carpet at the Met Gala on May 1 because of her condition, says she needs rest right now.

“My body, which I’ve worked through all kinds of pain for many years, just doesn’t have what it takes to do this tour,” she writes. “Lenny is about giving 100 percent of ourselves, 100 percent of the time, and I couldn’t bear to limp through this.”

Dunham adds that all tickets will be refunded, and that “we hope to be back when my uterus has taken a chill pill.”

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In an April 4 Lenny Letter, Dunham had announced that she was endometriosis-free after a fifth surgery.

“My surgery went off without a hitch,” she wrote. “When I emerged, cotton-mouthed, Randy told me something I hadn’t expected to hear, maybe ever: there was no endometriosis left. Between my surgeries and hormonal intervention, I was disease-free. That doesn’t mean it can never return, but for now, once my sutures have been removed and my bruises have changed from blue to yellow to green to gone, I will be healthy.”

But her condition took a turn after the Met Gala, and she thanked fans for their support after her hospital stay.

“Thank you for all the love & concern that’s been pouring in since Tuesday,” Dunham wrote on Instagram. “Although I’m much healthier than I was a year ago, complications arose from my most recent endometriosis surgery.”

Thank you for all the love & concern that's been pouring in since Tuesday. Although I'm much healthier than I was a year ago, complications arose from my most recent endometriosis surgery. When the healthcare of so many American women, especially our trans sisters, is at-risk- or already nonexistent- I am lucky to be in the position to seek help when I'm in pain. To those in that privileged spot- never forget that we are blessed and can pay it forward by supporting Planned Parenthood and LGBTQ clinics like Callen-Lorde with our 💰 and ⌚️. I also want to remind all the women suffering from chronic illness that we aren't weak- quite the opposite, actually. We do our jobs with skill even when we're struggling. We care for our families even when we can hardly care for ourselves. We serve major face on a red carpet when we feel like lying face down would be more appropriate. I'll always be proud of those Met Gala pics- not just because I felt beautiful, surrounded by art and magic, hugging my best friend tightly, but because they're evidence that women contain steely multitudes. Just that morning @dianafalzone sued Fox after they took her off air for disclosing her endometriosis. But they're the ones who lost when they fired her, because everyone who's anyone knows that if you can battle chronic illness there's nothing you can't take on.

A post shared by Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) on May 4, 2017 at 8:22am PDT

“I’ll always be proud of those Met Gala pics — not just because I felt beautiful, surrounded by art and magic, hugging my best friend tightly, but because they’re evidence that women contain steely multitudes.”