Matthew Perry know’s he’s very lucky to be alive. The “Friends” star, who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the beloved ’90s TV series, is speaking out about his three decades-long battle with alcohol and drug addiction in his upcoming memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.
Back in 2018, Perry was hospitalized after suffering a gastrointestinal perforation, the public heard at the time. However, it’s since been revealed that he’d been left fighting for his life for weeks after his colon burst from opioid overuse, with him spending two weeks in a coma and five months in the hospital.
He had to use a colostomy bag for nine months. Perry tells People, “The doctors told my family that I had a 2 percent chance to live.
I’m grateful to be alive. “I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs.
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