Singer Jessie J hospitalised with infection six weeks after breast cancer surgery

British pop star Jessie J is facing another health scare less than two months after

undergoing surgery for breast cancer.

The 37-year-old revealed on social media in June that she was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer and went for a procedure to treat the disease.

But in a post titled “How I spent the last 24 hours” on Instagram Stories on Aug 3, she revealed she returned to the same hospital ward six weeks post-surgery.

She wrote that the admission was “not expected or planned”, and she had and still has symptoms that point towards a blood clot in her lung.

However, the Flashlight (2015) singer clarified that the cause is not a blood clot and uploaded a photo from her hospital bed with an intravenous cannula in her arm.

“They ran a lot of tests, which ended up showing I have an infection (still trying to figure out what) and a little fluid (in) my lungs,” she said. “Finding it hard to breathe in, but I discharged myself last night (I hate being in hospital) and will continue the investigation as an outpatient.”

Jessie J, whose full name is Jessica Cornish, disclosed on social media in July 2024 that she was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

She has a two-year-old son with her boyfriend, Danish-Israeli professional basketball player Chanan Colman, 41.

In a second post on Instagram Stories on Aug 3, she wrote: “For me, the true hard journey of this whole thing physically was the day I went into surgery.”

She added that the physical recovery is “far from quick or easy”, and “mentally, it’s been the most challenging time”.

“Especially as a mum with a toddler and being unable to be the mother I usually am. And having to change the plans for my career for this year has been frustrating after working so hard to get to (this) point and (being) excited to do it all. But it’s life. I know that.

“Don’t get me wrong, getting the all-clear was and is incredible, but that result didn’t speed up or make the recovery from the surgery any easier physically,” she said.

Jessie J wrote a third post on her health scare, saying it was a reminder to herself to slow down, even though she felt like she was at a “tortoise” pace right now.

“This isn’t a speedy recovery. And it isn’t meant to be,” she wrote. “That slow pace has been a hard reality to accept. I love moving and working and being up and active, but I can’t be right now, and that’s what it is.

“I am finding strength in knowing that all can be adjusted to align with a slower pace and the support of my very small inner circle.”