Iggy Azalea shared news of her back surgery and how it left her unable to walk for weeks (Picture: Getty Images)

Iggy Azalea has revealed that she couldn’t fly to film a movie after what was supposed to be a routine back surgery for an old tour injury left her unable to walk for three weeks.

The 32-year-old rapper posted about her ongoing recovery in a string of updates on Monday that outlined her agony after what was supposed to be a routine procedure.

Forcing her off her feet for almost a month, the star said she is still recovering and can now only do ‘lil’ workouts that are ‘sad’.

In her message to fans online, she wrote: ‘Wanna hear a crazy story? 

‘I was supposed to travel to Australia and film a movie but right before I left I had what I thought would be a rather mundane surgery on my back to fix the issues I had after touring two summers in a row on an injury… 

‘It didn’t end up being very mundane because I had complications with my recovery and ended up in bed hooked up to a million machines and in so much pain there are about 3 days I actually just can’t remember at all.’

Iggy revealed she was still recovering from what was supposed to be routine back surgery (Picture: Shutterstock)

She continued: ‘I didn’t walk except to use the bathroom (a whole other ordeal lol) for 3 weeks and you’d be shocked to know how weak you can get when you don’t actually move. It happens really fast.

‘A week ago I was cleared to get up and start moving again. I’ve been seeing someone daily at the house and we do lil workouts (they are so sad y’all lol). 

‘I’ve been getting back strong. I will recover 100 percent. My goal is to be in good health by Christmas.’

The Fancy singer – who has two-year-old son Onyx with her ex Playboi Carti – added the experience was ‘very mentally challenging’ as she was not able ‘to do anything for [herself] and [had] no answers about when [she would] recover.’

The singer also told of how she lost out to a movie as she wasn’t able to fly to film (Picture: Getty Images)

The mother of one struggled with not knowing when exactly she would recover (Picture: Getty Images)

She continued: ‘That was the hardest part but all the Drs have been so happy with how quickly I’m getting better now that I’m back moving & walking [sic].

‘Obviously, I won’t be in any movie. Missed that opportunity (damn it!) But I’m just thankful to be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now. 

‘I think I’m gonna seriously get into my fitness after this. I value my body in a whole new way after this experience.’

She said she still can’t fly on a plane and urged fans to ‘stay healthy everyone and pay attention to what your body is telling you! I’ll let you know how it’s all going in a few more weeks.’

Iggy then replied to fan reaction of well-wishes and red heart emojis by explaining her recovery has already been five weeks long and she has fought from only being able to stand for three minutes to half-an-hour. 

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Iggy’s patiently waiting to bounce back.