Richard Bacon has told how he "nearly died" and thought "this is it" during his recent illness as he returns to social media after emerging from a coma.
The ex-Blue Peter host said: "I am alive. Or in Lewisham. Or somewhere between the two."
The 42-year-old fell ill while travelling to Britain from the US and was taken off the plane in a wheelchair before being put in a "medically induced coma" in a London hospital.
He posted on social media, for the first time following the illness, confirming that he has been suffering from an "unidentified double chest infection".
So I did 6 days strght in a coma. Been here another 4 since. It’s an yet unidentified double chest infection. I nearly died. At one point, as I was as run down a hallway to ICU at midnight, with a massive needle jammed in my chest (bit like Pulp Fiction) I thought, this is it.1/2
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
Bacon tweeted: "So, I did six days straight in a coma. Been here another four since. It's an (as) yet unidentified double chest infection. I nearly died.
"At one point, as I was as run down a hallway to ICU (an intensive care unit) at midnight, with a massive needle jammed in my chest - bit like Pulp Fiction - I thought, 'This is it. How's this going to affect my kids' lives? Who's going to sit my poor dad down and say 'I'm sorry, we did everything we could'," the father-of-two said.
2/2 How’s is this going to affect my kids’ lives? Who’s going to sit my poor dad down and say"I’m sorry, we did everything we could". But then I didn’t die. And I didn’t die because I’m on the NHS . VivaTheNHS. See you for your 💯th. By which time I probably will have penumonia
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
Bacon told his followers: "This is how good Lewisham Hospital is.
"I walked in off the street simply complaining of being short of breath. Within 90 minutes they had placed me into a life-saving, six-day coma."
When comedian David Baddiel replied: "Very much hope this is actually you tweeting this. In which case, welcome back," Bacon joked: "Ha. I am alive. Or in Lewisham. Or somewhere between the two."
Love Island presenter Caroline Flack was also among the celebrities wishing Bacon well on Twitter, writing: "So glad you're OK."
Last week the DJ and TV presenter's spokesman said he was "improving all the time".
