Spine injury bombshell for DWTS drop-out DOROTHY HAMMILL that may require dangerous surgery.
SKATING Olympic gold medal champ Dorothy Hamill is terrified that she’ll need back surgery to fix the problem that forced her to quit “Dancing with the Stars”!
The 56-year-old breast cancer survivor announced on the March 26 show that she was bowing out of the competition saying that continuing her grueling dance routines “could cause irreparable nerve damage.”
AFTER THE SHOW, the gutsy star told reporters that she had a synovial cyst in her lumbar spine.
“Dorothy is scared to death that she might need back surgery!” a source close to the gold medalist said. “Spinal surgery can be extremely dangerous, and comes with as many risks as it does rewards. It’s absolutely the last thing she wants.”