Richard Simmons diagnosed with treatable skin cancer

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Richard Simmons shares skin cancer diagnosis a day after worrying fans with 'I'm dying' post

Simmons apologized for scaring fans and clarified he wasn't dying Monday. He then revealed he'd been diagnosed with a treatable form of skin cancer.

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Richard Simmons shared an emotional post on Tuesday about the moment he was diagnosed with skin cancer, a concerning update that followed an apology for scaring fans with a post saying he was dying.

The fitness personality said he noticed a blemish under his eye in the mirror one day and decided to speak with a dermatologist after it would not clear up. The doctor scraped the area and examined the cells under a microscope, according to Simmons.

"He comes back about 20 minutes later and says the C word. You have cancer," Simmons wrote. "I asked him what kind of cancer and he said. Basel Cell Carcinoma. I told him to stop calling me dirty names. He laughed."

Basal cell carcinoma is a form of skin cancer that appears most often on areas of the skin that are exposed to the sun, according to the Mayo Clinic. It's most often treated by removing all of the cancerous cells and rarely spreads, or metastasizes...