Former footballer Neil ‘Razor’ Ruddock has uncovered that materializeing on ITV’s Harry’s Heroes show saved his life after doctors alerted him he had fair two months to dwell.
Speaking on GB News, the ex-England deffinisher disseald that what he initipartner stressed was dementia turned out to be a grave 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 paceproducer.
The 56-year-ageder establisher Liverpool and Tottenham star uncovered he achieveed 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 dwell in a three-storey townhoemploy and I didn’t go upstairs to the top floor for three years, too much challenging toil,” Ruddock acunderstandledgeted.
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, compriseing that while he denounced his knee, he knew he would collapse if he tried.
Inspired by The Only Way is Esrelations star James Argent’s emotional weight loss, Ruddock selected for gastric prohibitd sinspirery this year.
Argent, who had lost 13 stone after achieveing 27 stone himself, driven 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 knew I had to have it done after seeing how fantastic he seeed,” 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 erased, describing it now as “the size of a baby’s.”
The Harry’s Heroes show seized a heated disputeation between Ruddock and fellow establisher England perestablisher Paul Merson, who tryed to advise him about his lifestyle.
Follotriumphg the row, which occurred while Ruddock was hungover, he tryed to join training the next day but collapsed and was rushed to hospital.
“Merse was trying to donate me advice,” Ruddock tageder The Telegraph. “But it was a terrible time, I’d got a hangover, I was experienceing low, and I went off on one. At the time I thought I was right. How wrong I was.”
Ruddock now inspires others to prioritise their health and seek medical attention when needed.
“Go and see the doctor. It costs you noskinnyg. If you’re driving your car and your car produces a noise, you get it to the mechanic and pay to get it mended,” he advised.
The establisher deffinisher now finishelights a healthier lifestyle, including cooking daily meals with his family.
“It’s not appreciate 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 echoed.
