Turns out, that decision very well may have saved the 39-year-old country and country rock singer’s life, and we know that because Cauthen told the world as much in a follow-up video he posted to his Instagram account on Thursday.

Luke Combs recently opened up about his OCD and a recent flare-up due to a rare mental illness. The country music star, 35, called his “purely obsessional OCD” “particularly wicked.” Combs said in a recent 60 Minutes interview that there’s no outward visible behavior of the condition, but there is a debilitating anxiety.

Country singer-songwriter Paul Cauthen opened up about his recent cancer diagnosis in a video he posted on Instagram on Thursday (March 13). Cauthen, 39, acknowledged his recent absence on social media as he opened up about his health.