The 78-year-old screenwriter and director, whose credits include Twin Peaks, The Elephant Man and Blue Velvettold Sight and Sound, the magazine of the British Film Institute (BFI), that he had been diagnosed with emphysema.
“I’ve had emphysema from smoking for so long, so I’m housebound whether I like it or not… And now, because of Covid, it would be very bad for me to get sick, even get a cold,” he told the magazine, Reuters reported.
After the article was published, Lynch took to social media on Monday to assure her followers that she has no plans to leave the film industry.
David Lynch’s message about his possible retirement
Addressing his followers as “ladies and gentlemen,” he wrote: “Yes, I have emphysema from my many years of smoking”.
“I have to say that I really enjoyed smoking, and I love tobacco – the smell of it, lighting cigarettes, smoking them – but there is a price to pay for this pleasure, and the price for me is emphysema,” the director said.
“I quit smoking over two years ago. I recently had a lot of tests done and the good news is that I’m in great shape except for the emphysema. I am full of happiness and will never retire“.
She ended by saying, “I really appreciate your concern,” and signed off, “Love, David.”
Emphysema, one of the lung disorders classified as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is caused by damage to the air sacs in the lungs, reducing the body’s ability to take in oxygen from the air.
More than three million people live with the condition in the U.S., according to the American Lung Association.
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