Ricky Gervais<\/a> became convinced he was dying of everything from cancers to radiation and cyanide poisoning during his recent bout of agonising stomach illness. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ricky Gervais became convinced he was dying of everything from cancers to radiation and cyanide poisoning during his recent bout of agonising stomach illness<\/p>\n
The \u2018After Life\u2019 creator, 61, who has admitted to fans he\u2019s a hypochondriac, was stricken earlier this month by vomiting and diarrhoea in the middle of the night that was so severe he told fans in a tweet on 12 May he had been hit by the \u201cworst illness of my life\u201d. <\/p>\n
Graphically detailing the sickness in an online chat with fans, a filly recovered Ricky has now said: \u201cWhat happened was, it was Wednesday night, about 1am, and I had a pain in my side that woke me up \u2013 like a shooting pain. It was like \u2018Aaaaah \u2013 that never happens.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was like, \u2018Ooh, what was that?\u2019 Then it happened again. My first thought was obviously \u2013 liver cancer, right? <\/p>\n
\u201cAnd in the middle of the night, you\u2019re convinced \u2013 that it is, I\u2019ve blown it, you know? <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI got another pain, and it was, \u2018Oh, oh God.\u2019 And I felt sick. And I went to throw up and couldn\u2019t. So I thought, \u2018Oh, maybe it\u2019s stomach cancer.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnd then I couldn\u2019t be sick \u2013 there was nothing there. Then the pain of the vomiting was incredible, there was an intensity.\u201d <\/p>\n
\nRicky, who lives in his \u00a310.8 million north London mansion with his long-term writer partner Jane Fallon, 62, and their cat Pickle, added about suffering vomiting and diarrhoea so bad he then thought he was suffering from Covid or a form of radiation sickness: \u201cYou forget how bad vomiting is \u2013 you forget just how f****** awful. I mean, never mind the illness and thinking you\u2019re going to die \u2013 I can\u2019t breathe. And I think I\u2019m going to choke. And I think I\u2019m not going to get my breath back in between each spasm. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe next day, when I coughed, my ribs \u2013 I thought, oh, I\u2019ve ripped my stomach lining here.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\n\u201cAll this is happening in my head. That happened a few times, and I started sweating, and cold sweating. And I thought, \u2018What is this.\u2019 Then I thought, \u2018Ah \u2013 coronavirus.\u2019 I\u2019ve had it before. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI caught it off one of my nieces, or great nieces, one Christmas. Everyone was ill. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnd again, that happened in the middle of the night, and I thought, \u2018Oh, Jesus.\u2019 <\/p>\n
\n\u201cThat didn\u2019t stop me thinking at one point it might have been radiation sickness. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI just thought, \u2018Well, it could be \u2013 you never know\u2019. Someone might have been walking behind me with a bit of plutonium, once. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cBut anyway, I was pretty sure after a couple of hours this was coronavirus. So I was trying to fight it then. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cAnd then the other end started, which is a relief really. Because I\u2019d rather it came out that way instead of my face, you know what I mean?\u201d <\/p>\n
\nRicky then joked he thought he was suffering cyanide poisoning, adding: \u201cI knew cyanide poisoning causes reverse peristalsis, from the bowel, so you are vomiting your own s***. So I thought it was cyanide!\u201d <\/p>\n
\nRicky said he was recovered by around 8pm the night the illness struck, and joked he then felt fit enough to \u201cface a beer\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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