RIO FERDINAND has opened up about the health issue that left him hospitalised last week, revealing he thought he was close to “lights out”;;.
The former defender spent and was forced to miss his punditry duties with TNT Sports.
Ferdinand, 46, was set to provide analysis of ‘s visit to Paris Saint-Germain before acting as co-commentator as United reached the final.
Instead he was forced to and updated fans on his condition by sharing a photo of himself with his thumbs up.
That was the aftermath of a serious ordeal for the former defender, who had been suffering from a horrific stomach bug.
The “crazy”;; illness left vomiting while he also experienced migraines and vertigo, making him feel like the “lights were out”;;.
He said on his show, Rio Ferdinand Presents: “I had a mad virus. I thought lights were out at some point, I thought it was gonna happen. I thought I was minutes away from lights out, seriously.
“I was in my house, I was in my bed like this [pained expression] and I couldn’t even open my eyes.
“Then, the headache I had... I don’t get migraines or nothing else so I don’t know what they’re like. I thought my head was in a vice and my eyes were going to pop out.
“Then, I was being sick, projectile vomiting in the toilet, I got back to bed and I was having vertigo. I was holding onto the sheets, I didn’t know where I was. It was crazy.”;;
Ferdinand also revealed he went into a state of panic after doctors told him he would need a brain scan.
He was even offered an ambulance, making the ex-England star even more nervous.
Ferdinand continued: “I had to go to hospital and the doctor even said to me, “Do you want an ambulance”;;? So that’s when I knew.
“He went, ‘We’re going to get your brain scanned’. I thought it was a virus or a flu or something so when he mentioned brain scan and the ambulance, the panic was nuts.
“I went to hospital and I was in there for a few days. I couldn’t even enjoy the hospital food. The soup and the ice cream normally does wonders.”;;
