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Amy Schumer stuns fans as she uses a walker after surfing accident and secret spinal surgery

Amy Schumer stuns fans as she uses a walker after surfing accident and secret spinal surgery

The Sun8 hours ago
AMY Schumer has left fans stunned after capturing herself using a walker.
The Emmy award-winner actress, 44, revealed her secret spine surgery after admitting her lower back was "killing" her.
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The New York-born star was seen donning a orange jumper and pink trousers as she stood at the bottom of the stairs with her silver frame.
Amy flashed a wry smile as she clutched onto the handles of the support device.
She told her followers: "Since my surfing injury back in the day my L5 has been killing me.
"Today I got a laminectomy!
"It's a short recovery and when I'm feeling better I will buy a bra!"
She then added she had suffered a horse riding injury prior to surgery and said: "I took a deep breath and got my 44 year old, bad backed a** right back up on that horse and rode and trotted and it sent a message to those (riding students) and myself."
The NHS stays of the procedure: "Lumbar decompression surgery is a type of surgery used to treat compressed nerves in the lower (lumbar) spine.
"It's only recommended when non-surgical treatments haven't helped.
"The surgery aims to improve symptoms such as persistent pain and numbness in the legs caused by pressure on the nerves in the spine."
Amy suffered her surfing injury in high school.
CHANGING FIGURE
Amy recently revealed she has been taking weight loss jab Mounjaro.
Showing off her svelte figure while on a yacht, Amy looked amazing in the black and white swimsuit number.
With her blond locks pulled back into an up-do, Amy posed beneath the sunshine as she looked out to the ocean.
In March, the Trainwreck star revealed she was taking Mounjaro in an Instagram video.
In the video she shared, she noted how the drug is not covered by insurance unless a patient has diabetes or severe obesity.
"Which most of the internet thinks I have," she joked.
"But I'm having a really good experience with it, and I wanted to keep it real with you about that."
Amy previously confessed to having taken Ozempic and having a "horrible experience" with it.
Speaking on The Howard Stern show, she said: "I have this gene, GDF15, which makes you extremely prone to nausea, which is why I was so sick during my pregnancy.
"So, I tried Ozempic almost three years ago and I was, like, veteran.
"I was, like, vomiting — and then you have no energy. But other people take it and they're all good. God bless them."
She explained how she "lost 30 pounds so quick" but noted how the nausea she experienced was awful.
Last year, the actress and director revealed she had been diagnosed with Cushing's Syndrome, which was caused by having steroid injections in high doses.
The star, who has now "got rid" of the syndrome, first announced news of her diagnosis in early 2024 in the News Not Noise Substack newsletter.
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