'SURGERY COMING UP': Ric Flair thanks fans after revealing latest health issues

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Ric Flair has thanked his fans for their support after revealing his latest health issues this week.

The wrestling legend shared a photo on Monday of his stitched-up belly and asked for prayers for an upcoming but unspecified medical procedure that had many of his supporters concerned.

“Surgery coming up,” he wrote on social media platform X to his 1.2 million followers. “Keep me in your prayers. It’s all fragile.”

On Wednesday, The Nature Boy posted an update thanking everyone for their prayers and words of support.

“Thank you to everyone who has reached out and for all the thoughts and prayers,” he wrote. “It means a lot to me. I will get through my health issues and be stronger than ever!”

The 76-year-old legendary grappler has dealt with serious health issues in recent years.

A month ago, Flair revealed he was diagnosed with skin cancer again.

“It’s the second time in three years that I’ve been dealing with skin cancer,” Flair told People, adding he was set to undergo treatment a week later.

He had earlier denied reports that he had cancer yet again, but said he appreciated the concerns shown by his fans.

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The treatment for skin cancer forced him to miss a scheduled meet-and-greet event at a Mississippi wellness clinic on June 17.

“I have health issues that I need to attend to,” he wrote. “As I have procrastinated putting my health first in the past. Melanoma, I have found out, is nothing to play with.”

In August 2017, Flair was hospitalized with stomach pains and disclosed that he was in the early stages of kidney failure and close to congestive heart failure after years of alcohol abuse.

He was put into a medically-induced coma before doctors removed a part of his bowel and put in a pacemaker.

“I crashed in an airplane and broke my back, I’ve been hit by lightning,” Flair told the magazine a month later. “But this is totally different. Anything I’ve been through before is nothing like this.”