Val Kilmer is opening up about his health following a battle with throat cancer that resulted in him getting a tracheotomy. The 60-year-old actor appeared on Tuesday's episode of in support of his memoir, .In the video interview, Kilmer sounds drastically different and speaks with his hand to his neck following his tracheotomy, a procedure where a breathing tube is surgically inserted into the front of the neck in an effort to help a person breathe.«I feel a lot better than I sound, but I feel wonderful,» he said. «I was diagnosed with throat cancer which healed very quickly.
This is a tracheotomy to help me breathe because my glands in my throat swelled up as well.»As for what he misses about his old voice, Kilmer quipped, «That I had one!
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