Richard Bacon says coming out a coma was the "worst day of my life" after he came "very close to death".
Richard Bacon
The former 'Blue Peter' presenter spent 11 nights in a medically-induced coma while battling a potentially deadly lung infection, and he revealed at one stage his body went blue and doctors "expected" him to meet his maker.
He said: "Coming out of the coma was the worst day of my life. Being told I needed to go into the induced coma was the most shocking moment and coming out was the worst day because you hallucinate and it takes about 14 hours to come out truly.
"I felt very bad for Rebecca. For me, I found out afterwards how close I'd come [to death]. There was one point where they had the crash equipment hovering over me, my body turned blue, there was a moment when they believed I was going to die.
"She'd been given that impression. I find out afterwards and it's sort of a story. For her it was a phone by the bed, waiting every second waiting for that call to come in that her husband had died.
"I was very, very close to death. They went from telling me I needed to be in an induced coma to being in a coma in four minutes. They said to me afterwards, 'It wasn't that you might die, we expected you to die.' I was the illest person in Lewisham hospital."
Richard's wife Rebecca told him not to "walk towards the white light" seconds before he was put into his coma.
He added: "As they were putting me in the coma she rubbed my feet and said, 'Don't walk towards the white light,' which I think was a joke, but I'm not entirely sure."
Fortunately, Richard is now on the road to recovery, but admitted it will be a six-month process until he is completely better.
Speaking on 'Good Morning Britain', he added: "I feel really good. It's six months full recovery."
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