Ricky Gervais shared that he thought he was going to die after waking up in a lot of pain. Ricky, who created The BBC The Office, went on social media to share his health battle.
“What happened was, it was Wednesday night, about 1am, and I had a pain in my side that woke me up – like a shooting pain. It was like ‘Aaaaah’. That never happens. It was like, ‘Ooh, what was that?’ Then it happened again,” he said in an Instagram Q&A.
As reported by Birmingham Live, the After Life creator continued: “My first thought was obviously – liver cancer, right? In the middle of the night, you’re convinced — that is it. I’ve blown it. I got another pain, and it was, ‘Oh, oh God.’ And I felt sick.
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“And I went to throw up and couldn’t. So I thought, ‘Oh, maybe it’s stomach cancer.’ And then I couldn’t be sick – there was nothing there. Then the pain of the vomiting was incredible, there was an intensity.”
He added: “You forget how bad vomiting is – you forget just how awful. I mean, never mind the illness and thinking you’re going to die – I can’t breathe. And I think I’m going to choke. And I think I’m not going to get my breath back in between each spasm.
“The next day, when I coughed, my ribs – I thought, oh, I’ve ripped my stomach lining here.’” Ricky previously blamed it on norovirus, which is a stomach bug that causes vomiting and diarrhoea. It can be very unpleasant, but usually goes away in about two days.
You can usually treat yourself or your child at home. The most important thing is to rest and have lots of fluids to avoid dehydration, the NHS says.
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