After having her salivary gland surgically removed in 2018, Delta Goodrem shared on Instagram that the procedure left her tongue paralyzed.
Australian singer, songwriter, and actor, Delta Goodrem signed with Sony Music at age 15. Her debut album, Innocent Eyes (2003), spent 29 non-consecutive weeks at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.
With more than four million copies sold, it is one of the most popular Australian albums and the second-best-selling Australian album of all time. Mistaken Identity, Goodrem’s second album, was recorded in 2004 while she was battling cancer. Her second number-one album was the result.
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Delta Goodrem published a six-minute video explaining the history of her song “Paralyzed” on August 16, 2020. She explained in the video that after having her salivary gland removed, she experienced significant problems that caused a nerve in her tongue to become paralyzed, forcing her to relearn how to speak.
Due to nerve damage caused by the removal of a salivary gland last year, she could no longer control her tongue, which affected her capacity to speak and produce noises.
The singer had to relearn how to speak, and she went to speech therapy every day. Fortunately, she can now talk and sing again. Goodrem decided to keep her diagnosis a secret until she had dealt with the consequences and was on the mend.
The Kinghorn Cancer Centre in Sydney, a collaboration between St. Vincent’s Hospital and the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, is one of the charities and foundations that Goodrem has long supported.
She also serves as an ambassador for the Starlight Children’s Foundation, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and the Sony Foundation Australia. A UK website called “Teen Info on Cancer” that supports young adolescent cancer patients was launched in May 2005 with Goodrem’s assistance.
Goodrem received a Thank You Day Celebrity Advocacy Award in November 2005 “in recognition of her efforts in raising awareness and funds for Australian medical research and charities.”
In addition, she went on to serve as an ambassador for Research Australia’s “Thank You Day,” which honors the nation’s health and medical researchers.
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Since Delta’s nerve injury is less likely ever to heal, she must undergo months of daily speech therapy. After receiving a Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis at the age of 18 in July 2003, this is Delta’s second significant health battle.
The source claims that Delta was forced to select St Vincent’s as the beneficiary of her new foundation after recovering fully. When the philanthropic actress was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma as an 18-year-old in 2003, she had treatment at the same facility.
The Delta Goodrem Foundation was established in June 2020 by Goodrem in collaboration with St. Vincent’s Hospital and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre. The foundation aims to raise money to speed up cutting-edge blood cancer research.
The Delta Goodrem Foundation and Revlon joined in July 2022 to donate a portion of lipstick sales to the cancer support organization Look Good Feel Better.
Goodrem represented Alternative Hair in 2007 to raise money for the cancer charity Leukaemia Research. As a member of the RADD (Recording Artists, Actors, and Athletes Against Drink Driving) organization, Goodrem also works to educate the public about the dangers of drunk driving.
She joined the team of ambassadors for Sydney’s Kinghorn Cancer Centre in 2011.
Meet Delta Goodrem On Instagram
Delta Goodrem is pretty active on Instagram. You can find her there under the username @deltagoodrem. She often posts pictures of her music concerts and gorgeous photos of herself.
She describes herself on Instagram as “I am an Artist who sings the songs she writes on a piano. Mostly barefoot. I act and produce tv shows. I proudly give back through my foundation.”
The singer utilizes her social media to connect with her fans and followers. At the time of writing this, she has gained more than 624k followers there.