Jeff Lewis is convalescing after undergoing surgery to correct a spinal cord disease he only recently discovered he had. On his SiriusXM satellite radio show, “Jeff Lewis Live!”, the former “Flipping Out” star revealed that he had been experiencing pain in his lower back and neck, with an MRI revealing that he’d been suffering from Cervical Myelopathy, a spinal cord disease. “There is a disc actually in my neck that’s pushing against my spinal cord and has bruised my spinal cord, which has caused nerve damage,” he explained, as reported by People.
According to Lewis, his doctor told him he should have surgery as soon as possible because the condition, if left untreated, “can cause paralyzation — and it gets progressively worse.” RELATED:
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