Matthew Perry reveals he 'nearly died' a few years ago
Matthew Perry’s addiction struggles became so severe that he “nearly died” a few years ago at age 49 when his colon burst from opioid overuse.he now admits that he actually spent two weeks in a coma and five months in the hospital and had to use a colostomy bag for nine months to treat the health crisis.Matthew Perry opens up about the near-death experience he had a few years ago in his forthcoming memoir.
Now 53, Perry will candidly discuss how much his drug and alcohol addictions consumed his life in his new memoir,“I’m pretty healthy now,” he told the magazine, before joking, “I’ve got to not go to the gym much more, because I don’t want to only be able to play superheroes. But no, I’m a pretty healthy guy right now.”The “Whole Nine Yards” star didn’t reveal how long he’s been sober since last relapsing but said he still counts each day.
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Matthew Perry reveals he ‘nearly died’ a few years ago when his colon burst“I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs,” he said of his near-death experience at age 49.
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Matthew Perry reveals he ‘nearly died’ a few years ago when his colon burst“I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs,” he said of his near-death experience at age 49.
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Matthew Perry Nearly Died After His Colon Burst From Opioid Abuse: 'No One Survives That'Matthew Perry revealed he spent two weeks in a coma and five months in the hospital in 2018. When he was admitted, he said, “the doctors told my family that I had a two percent chance to live.”
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Matthew Perry Reveals He Nearly Died After Opioid Abuse Burst His ColonAt the time of the 2018 hospitalization, Perry publicly acknowledged that he’d suffered a gastrointestinal perforation. In reality, he’d been fighting for his life in a coma for two weeks and would ultimately spend five months in a hospital.
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