‘I thought I was minutes away from lights out' – Rio Ferdinand breaks silence on horror bug that put him in hospital
RIO FERDINAND has opened up about the health issue that left him hospitalised last week, revealing he thought he was close to "lights out".
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Rio Ferdinand has opened up about the health issue that left him hospitalised
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The former defender shared an update from his hospital bed last week
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Ferdinand, 46, was set to provide analysis of
Paris
Saint-Germain before acting as co-commentator as United reached the Europa League final.
Instead he was forced to
That was the aftermath of a serious ordeal for the former
The "crazy" illness left Ferdinand vomiting while he also experienced migraines and vertigo, making him feel like the "lights were out".
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He said on his show,
"I was in my house, I was in my bed like this [pained expression] and I couldn't even open my eyes.
"Then, the headache I had… I don't get migraines or nothing else so I don't know what they're like. I thought my head was in a vice and my eyes were going to pop out.
"Then, I was being sick, projectile vomiting in the toilet, I got back to bed and I was having vertigo. I was holding onto the sheets, I didn't know where I was. It was crazy."
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Ferdinand also revealed he went into a state of panic after doctors told him he would need a brain scan.
He was even offered an ambulance, making the ex-England star even more nervous.
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Ferdinand continued: "I had to go to hospital and the doctor even said to me, "Do you want an ambulance"? So that's when I knew.
"He went, 'We're going to get your brain scanned'. I thought it was a virus or a flu or something so when he mentioned brain scan and the ambulance, the panic was nuts.
"I went to hospital and I was in there for a few days. I couldn't even enjoy the hospital food. The soup and the ice cream normally does wonders."
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