Disturbed lead singer David Draiman had surgery to remove a tumor. The musician announced this on his Instagram account.
“A tumor was removed from my radius last week. It kept me awake at night. The biopsy results will be out tomorrow. Thoughts, prayers, positive energy – that’s all welcome,” Dreyman said. It is not known whether the neoplasm is benign or malignant.
A few weeks later, news of the operation came from the musician. Confessed depressed. The 50-year-old musician burst into tears as he talked about the deaths of his colleagues: Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington, Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell, Stone Temple Pilots’ Scott Weiland. “A few months ago I almost joined them. The demons of addiction and depression are real. These are diseases that are no different from cancer. Depression and addiction are invisible, they swallow from the inside, spread metastases, and take away the body, mind and spirit.
According to Dreiman, he is tired of losing friends due to depression and addiction and misses the untimely death of his colleagues. He asked viewers suffering from the same conditions to raise their hands, telling them they were not alone.