Joe Amabile said he is about 90% back three weeks after surgery to remove a brain tumor, but he is still dealing with some speech trouble and taking daily medication to keep it at bay.
The update came as the former Bachelor in Paradise star talked publicly about a recovery that has moved faster than many would expect. He said he spent four days in the hospital after the early August procedure, then went for a run 15 days later and posted it on Instagram. For readers looking up the Serena Pitt Joe Amabile anniversary, the timing matters because Pitt is now describing the strain and gratitude that have come with the couple’s recent months.
Amabile learned about the tumor in July after an elective full-body MRI screening. He said he likely would not have known about it until he eventually had a seizure. That is why the speed of the diagnosis and surgery looms so large in his recovery story: the lesion was small enough to be described as blueberry-sized, but it was in his left frontal lobe, where even a successful procedure can leave a temporary mark on speech and daily function.
He said the procedure was successful, but the aftereffects are still visible in the way he talks about his recovery. “I still struggle a little bit,” he said, explaining that he can think of the words he wants but sometimes has a hard time getting them out. He said the setback is easing, yet it has not disappeared, and he is still on daily medication while waiting for the rest of his speech to come back.
That uncertainty is part of what makes the follow-up scans matter. Dr. Alexandra Miller said scans at NYU Medical Center pointed toward an astrocytoma, and she described the tumor as having a good prognosis. The National Cancer Institute says astrocytoma is a type of glioma that forms in star-shaped cells in the brain and spinal cord, which helps explain why doctors are watching the recovery closely even after surgery appears to have gone well.
Pitt, who met Amabile on Bachelor in Paradise, said unexpected challenges are going to be thrown your way and that it has made her feel very grateful for the partner she chose. It is a line that lands differently now, because the most meaningful part of this update is not just that Amabile is improving, but that he is still inside the part of recovery where progress is real and incomplete at the same time. What comes next is not a dramatic new turn so much as a measured wait to see whether the speech issues fade and whether the medication remains enough to hold the tumor back.
