Matthew Perry reveals he 'woke up covered in' his 'own' feces 50 to 60 times after his colon burst

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Matthew Perry reflected on the challenges of having to use a colostomy bag while recovering from his colon bursting due to opioid overdose, at age 49, in 2018.After suffering from a gastrointestinal perforation, the actor recently revealed he had to use a colostomy bag for nine months and was given just a two per cent chance of survival after spending two weeks in a coma on life support.

In a new interview with GQ, the Friends alum provided a snippet from his upcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, in which he recalls waking up 'covered in' his own feces 50 to 60 times.

Harrowing experience: Matthew Perry reflected on the challenges of having to use a colostomy bag while recovering from his colon bursting due to opioid overdose, at age 49, in 2018During his five-month hospital stay following his colon rupturing, he told the outlet that he he would regularly wake up and find his colostomy bag had 'broken again.' 'I had sh** all over my face, all over my body, in the bed next door.

When it breaks, it breaks. You have to get nurses,' he detailed. To his horror when the time came to remove his colostomy bag, the operation didn't initially work and it was replaced with an ileostomy bag.