Tisha Campbell Reveals That She Has Been In Readmission For 4 Years From Sarcoidosis Disease And Hasn’t Gotten Sick Since Her Divorce!

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Cousins! Tisha Campbell is opening up about her battle with Sarcoidosis disease and how a change to her martial status was the medicine that her life truly needed!

The actress shares that she has been in remission for the last four years and that before that she was in and out of the hospital frequently due to her diagnosis.

Tisha explained that she began to experience difficulties after giving birth to her eldest son Xen in 2001. “I just could not breathe. It felt like an elephant was on my chest,” she recalled. She explained that she thought she had pneumonia, and had begun taking different medications in hopes of finding relief.

However, once she started to develop “lesions” on her neck and arms she took a trip to the doctor. After having a biopsy done on her lungs and additional tests, she was diagnosed with Stage I sarcoidosis reports Essence.

“I just could not breathe. It felt like an elephant was on my chest,” she recalled. She thought she had pneumonia, and took all sorts of medications to find relief. Soon after, she saw “lesions” on her neck and arms and went to her doctor. Following testing, seeing a specialist, and having a biopsy done of her lungs, she was diagnosed with Stage I sarcoidosis.

A few years later after having her second son Ezekiel through a Cesarean section, Tisha learned that her sarcoidosis had developed into Stage 2.

Thankfully Tisha’s health switched lanes after divorcing her husband Duane Martin after 24 years of marriage. She explains that she hasn’t been sick since their split.

“Everything helped. But I believe…I’m sorry, I have to tell the truth. I have been in remission for four years now. They can’t find it at the base of my brain at all. I haven’t gotten sick not one time,” she said.

“I was so scared to get COVID because I thought, if I get COVID, I’m going to die. Every cold took me to the hospital. Every sniffle. Allergies, it would just build up and I would get sick. But I have not been sick since I got a divorce.” 

Tisha continues, “I don’t mean no harm,” she said while laughing. “But when you have any type of disorder or anything like that…stress is a killer. And it’s connected to your body!”

The former couple tied the knot back in 1996, together they share two sons Zen and Ezekiel. Tisha filed for divorce back in 2018 and accused him of physical, mental, and emotional abuse shortly after they wed.

Their divorce was finalized in 2020.

“I’m so proud of where I am in my mental health and my physical health now,” said Tisha. “I understood that they’re a combination. If you have any type of disorder, it’s important to understand that you’ve got to do everything.”