Tahliah Debrett Barnett (aka FKA Twigs) disclosed via her Instagram that she has been enduring the recovery process caused by a battle with tumors. She underwent laparoscopic surgery in December to remove six fibroid tumors from her uterus.

“The tumors were pretty huge, the size of 2 cooking apples, 3 kiwis and a couple of [strawberries]. A fruit bowl of pain everyday,” she wrote on Instagram. “The nurse said that the weight and size was like being 6 months pregnant.”

Twigs went on to explain, “I tried to be brave but it was excruciating at times and to be honest I started to doubt if my body would ever feel the same again. I had surgery in December and I was so scared, despite lots of love from friends and family I felt really alone and my confidence as a woman was knocked.”

She revealed on Instagram that she has finally started to get back to normal after a long road to recovery. “Today whilst dancing with Kelly at the choreography house I felt like my strong self again for the first time in a while and it was magical,” she wrote. “Thank you precious body for healing, thank you for reminding me to be kind to myself, you are a wonderful thing, now go create and be other once again.”

Twigs released her debut studio album LP1 in 2014 by Young Turks after a self-released EP and a Young Turks released EP, both appropriately titled EP1 and EP2.

See her announcing the news of her health in the video below.

dear friends, I am a very private person as u all know and I have gone back and forth in my mind whether to share that this year I have been recovering from laparoscopic surgery to remove 6 fibroid tumours from my uterus. the tumours were pretty huge, the size of 2 cooking apples 🍎 🍎, 3 kiwis 🥝 🥝 🥝 and a couple of 🍓🍓. a fruit bowl of pain everyday. the nurse said that the weight and size was like being 6 months pregnant. I tried to be brave but it was excruciating at times and to be honest I started to doubt if my body would ever feel the same again. I had surgery in December and I was so scared, despite lots of love from friends and family I felt really alone and my confidence as a woman was knocked. but… today whilst dancing with Kelly at the choreography house I felt like my strong self again for the first time in a while and it was magical. thank you precious body for healing, thank you for reminding me to be kind to myself, you are a wonderful thing, now go create and be other once again <3 I know that a lot of women suffer from fibroid tumours and I just wanted to say after my experience that you are amazing warriors and that you are not alone. you can get through this. and with this I let go of the pain… love always twigs 🌱

A post shared by FKA twigs (@fkatwigs) on May 8, 2018 at 10:29pm PDT