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Kathie Lee Gifford’s Painful Surgery Recovery Taught Her This Lesson

Kathie Lee Gifford’s Painful Surgery Recovery Taught Her This Lesson

By Movieguide® Contributor

TV host, singer-songwriter and author Kathie Lee Gifford opened up about her painful recovery journey after undergoing hip replacement surgery and the lesson she learned.

Gifford called the surgery “one of the most painful situations of my entire life.”

“It’s been really hard,” she added.

Gifford wanted to jump right back into normal life, but her body needed time to recover.

“I walked, I climbed, I walked, and my doctor said, ‘Kathie, no. You have got to realize that this is serious,’” she remembered. “And I was off my walker in two days. I was off all my medications in three days, and then I did too much. I just did too much because that’s who I am.”

“I started carrying books around and signing and getting ready, and my grandchildren came to visit,” she said. “And you can’t. I have learned from this that you only can only do so much. You’re just human. You’re just human. And I’m so grateful.”

Giffords newest book, Herod and Mary: The True Story of the Tyrant King and the Mother of the Risen Savior, released yesterday. 

A synopsis of the book reads:

Delve into the complex history of Herod the Great—his rise to power and ultimate fall in pursuit to be the “King of the Jews.” Under a flourishing yet tumultuous background of Jerusalem, consider Mary of Nazareth’s place under Herod’s rule and the promise of a Messiah to free her people. Kathie Lee Gifford with Bryan M. Litfin, Ph.D. deftly weave a truthful historical narrative full of accurate details and sweeping prose that ushers in the true King and glorifies God’s powerful plan to bring a savior into the world through unlikely means. A coda between the authors, full of honest revelation and insightful meaning, follows each chapter for added in-depth reading.

Gifford shared a trailer for the book on her Instagram account where she explained what she wants it to achieve.

“My hope when you read this book is that you are able to dive into the fascinating, intertwined lives of King Herod and Mary, the Mother of Jesus,” she wrote. “You’ll follow Herod’s tumultuous journey from boyhood dreams to his dark, oppressive reign, and witness Mary’s incredible faith and courage as she brings the light of the world into existence.”

Movieguide® previously reported on Gifford:

Former TODAY show host and Teddy Bear Award® recipient Kathie Lee Gifford is sharing what leads to happiness and a stable relationship with God — joy, prayer and kindness.

“The key to happiness at any stage in your life is joy,” Gifford told Women’s World this month.

“There are a lot of circumstances that we can’t do anything about, that’s why our life is supposed to be a prayer,” Gifford said. “Thessalonians talks about praying without ceasing. How do we do that? Our life is a prayer to God and it’s the only thing that makes sense. I’ve been doing it since I was 12 years old and the only times I’ve gotten really screwed up is when I stopped doing it.”

Gifford just wrote Herod and Mary: The True Story of the Tyrant King and the Mother of the Risen Savior, which releases on July 16. It’s the first book in her series, Ancient Evil, Living Hope.

“My fascination with Herod goes back my first rabbinical trip,” she said of visiting Isreal. “We believe that Jesus’ story is the greatest ever told. Well, Herod is the greatest story never told, unless you are some sort of a scholar.”


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