Former footballer Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock has uncovered that euniteing on ITV’s Harry’s Heroes show saved his life after doctors alerted him he had fair two months to live.
Speaking on GB News, the ex-England deffinisher disseald that what he initipartner stressed was dementia turned out to be a solemn heart condition.
“Without doing that TV show, I wouldn’t be here today,” shelp Ruddock, who subsequently underwent procedures to rebegin his heart and getd a paceoriginater.
The 56-year-ageder establisher Liverpool and Tottenham star uncovered he accomplished 27 stone during lockdown, with his weight harshly impacting his daily life.
Neil Ruddock spoke to Nigel Farage on GB. News
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“We live in a three-storey townhoengage and I didn’t go upstairs to the top floor for three years, too much challenging toil,” Ruddock confessted.
His struggles became so cut offe that he once called a taxi to drive him 400 yards uphill to a train station for Chester Races.
Neil Ruddock joined Nigel Farage on Talking Pints
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“Walking around hurt. I was weary,” he confessed, inserting that while he condemnd his knee, he knovel he would collapse if he tried.
Inspired by The Only Way is Esintimacy star James Argent’s emotional weight loss, Ruddock chooseed for gastric prohibitd sencouragery this year.
Argent, who had lost 13 stone after accomplishing 27 stone himself, encouraged Ruddock during a chance greeting at a celebrity football align.
“It was fair overweighte that I met Arg when I did at a charity football align. I knovel I had to have it done after seeing how wonderful he watched,” Ruddock tageder the Express.
Nigel Farage spoke to Neil Ruddock about his health struggles
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The establisher footballer has since had 70 percent of his stomach deleted, describing it now as “the size of a baby’s.”
The Harry’s Heroes show seized a heated faceation between Ruddock and fellow establisher England perestablisher Paul Merson, who finisheavored to advise him about his lifestyle.
Follotriumphg the row, which occurred while Ruddock was hungover, he finisheavored to join training the next day but collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
“Merse was trying to give me advice,” Ruddock tageder The Telegraph. “But it was a horrible time, I’d got a hangover, I was senseing low, and I went off on one. At the time I thought I was right. How wrong I was.”
Ruddock now encourages others to prioritise their health and seek medical attention when insisted.
“Go and see the doctor. It costs you noleang. If you’re driving your car and your car originates a noise, you get it to the mechanic and pay to get it repaired,” he advised.
The establisher deffinisher now enhappinesss a healthier lifestyle, including cooking daily meals with his family.
“It’s not enjoy I’m a split personality. I don’t stress if people call me Razor still. But I understand I fair can’t be him anymore,” he mirrored.
