Montel Williams has revealed he survived a terrifying health scare! He told The Blast that he spent 21 days in the hospital — and nine in the ICU — after suffering a “hemorrhagic stroke” during a workout. Click through the gallery for all the info and to find out how Montel’s doing now.
Montel Williams Reveals He Spent 21 Days In The Hospital: 'I Almost Died'
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This June, Montel, 62, was in the middle of one of his intense workouts. He told People it included 20 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes on an elliptical, and 40 minutes of doing “giant sets” — an advanced weight training technique that involves doing large sets of three exercises per muscle group, in rapid repetition with little rest in between reps.
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He heard a "loud pop" on his left side. "I looked up and everything turned into kaleidoscope," Montel explained to The Blast. "I knew something was majorly wrong, so I forced myself to get to my room on the 14th floor and called my wife. I told her that I may be having a stroke, so please call 911. She did the rest."
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A special emergency vehicle for stroke victims picked him up because his wife Tara Fowler passed on the info, and he had a CAT scan right on the street in front of the hotel. That ensured he received the correct treatment when he arrived at the hotel. He suffered a cerebellar hemorrhagic stroke — a rare type that experts say can either kill or cause severe neurologic deficits in 50 percent of patients.
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Montel gave all credit to Tara for saving his life. "The only thing I remember for the first five days of the ICU is her saying, ‘I love you,'" he added.
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"I could barely talk. I couldn’t sit up. I couldn’t stand. I was almost paralyzed, it was terrifying," Montel said of his time in the hospital. "But I remember telling myself, ‘You’re not dying. You’re not quitting. You’re going to fight this. You’re going to get this back.’"
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Montel has made an incredible recovery already, by stroke standards. He told his physical therapist he wants to be able to snowboard again, and he think he'll be able to by January. But the main message he took from the incident is that he needs to slow down.
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"I was pushing way harder than I should be pushing, chasing this weird body ideal that I had when I was a kid," he explained. "A very close doctor friend of mine said to me, ‘So what? So you can be the best looking f—ing corpse in the morgue? What good does that do you?’ And it took those words and this stroke to set in. I said, ‘I gotta stop.’"
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Well wishes for Montel's recovery? Leave them in the comments!
This June, Montel, 62, was in the middle of one of his intense workouts. He told People it included 20 minutes on the treadmill, 20 minutes on an elliptical, and 40 minutes of doing “giant sets” — an advanced weight training technique that involves doing large sets of three exercises per muscle group, in rapid repetition with little rest in between reps.
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He heard a "loud pop" on his left side. "I looked up and everything turned into kaleidoscope," Montel explained to The Blast. "I knew something was majorly wrong, so I forced myself to get to my room on the 14th floor and called my wife. I told her that I may be having a stroke, so please call 911. She did the rest."
Photo credit: MEGA
A special emergency vehicle for stroke victims picked him up because his wife Tara Fowler passed on the info, and he had a CAT scan right on the street in front of the hotel. That ensured he received the correct treatment when he arrived at the hotel. He suffered a cerebellar hemorrhagic stroke — a rare type that experts say can either kill or cause severe neurologic deficits in 50 percent of patients.
Photo credit: MEGA
Montel gave all credit to Tara for saving his life. "The only thing I remember for the first five days of the ICU is her saying, ‘I love you,'" he added.
Photo credit: MEGA
"I could barely talk. I couldn’t sit up. I couldn’t stand. I was almost paralyzed, it was terrifying," Montel said of his time in the hospital. "But I remember telling myself, ‘You’re not dying. You’re not quitting. You’re going to fight this. You’re going to get this back.’"
Photo credit: INSTARImages
Montel has made an incredible recovery already, by stroke standards. He told his physical therapist he wants to be able to snowboard again, and he think he'll be able to by January. But the main message he took from the incident is that he needs to slow down.
"I was pushing way harder than I should be pushing, chasing this weird body ideal that I had when I was a kid," he explained. "A very close doctor friend of mine said to me, ‘So what? So you can be the best looking f—ing corpse in the morgue? What good does that do you?’ And it took those words and this stroke to set in. I said, ‘I gotta stop.’"
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Well wishes for Montel's recovery? Leave them in the comments!
