Former CNN host Larry King says that he underwent surgery for lung cancer back in July. 

The Hollywood Reporter writes that the 83-year old recalls the doctors performing a chest X-ray when they noticed something odd. "The doctor said to me, 'Something looks funny.’ They said the spot looked pretty small. ... I then did a CAT scan then a PET scan and then he said to me, 'You have lung cancer, but it looks very small, in the beginning stages,'” explains King. 

After the discovery, King underwent surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in July. Afterward, King says the doctors explained to him, “It was malignant, but you were in the first stage. If it had stayed and we didn't find it, you would have had trouble in two or three years, but we got it and you were lucky."

King dedicated two weeks for recovery, but was quick to return to work soon after. “It was fun to see where that spot was and there is no spot now. They took off 20 percent of the lung,” he explains.

No word if he kept the suspenders on during the surgery, but we're guessing her did. 

He sent out this tweet last night: