Monty Python's Eric Idle hospitalised for second time in three days
Monty Python's Eric Idle hospitalised for second time in three days
The Monty Python legend suspects he has Gastroenteritis - inflammation of the stomach and intestines
Eric Idle
Eric Idle was hospitalised for the second time in three days this week.
The Monty Python legend suspects he has Gastroenteritis - inflammation of the stomach and intestines, typically caused by a viral or bacterial infection - and thanked the medical staff at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai for their "kindness and help".
He penned to X on Monday (16.05.25): "So I'd like to thank all the doctors nurses and staff in the Cedars GI ward for their kindness and help to me today. The second time in three days. I think I'm suffering from Gastroenteritis. I love you people."
Last year, Idle admitted he "shouldn't be alive".
The 82-year-old comedian underwent surgery after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, and was thankful the disease was caught early as he now enjoys "every moment" of his life.
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Asked if having cancer had changed him, he told The Times newspaper: "Oh, I shouldn't be alive. I'm a lucky b****** and I enjoy every moment."
He initially thought his doctor was joking when he broke the news of his diagnosis.
He said: "I had been working on a project called 'Death: The Musical' and I asked my doctor which type of cancer I could use to finish off one of my characters. He said, 'Pancreatic cancer, it can finish people off in three weeks.'"
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Ten years later, Eric had routine tests with the same doctor and queried an ominous-looking blood result.
The British-born funnyman added: "He said, 'Pancreatic cancer' and I burst out laughing because I thought he must be joking."
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