Matthew Perry Shares He Was in a Coma

Former friends Matthew Perry divulges the gruesome realities of his fight with addiction.

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It entailed spending two weeks in a coma: "I discovered my colostomy bag when I woke up."

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Matthew Perry is talking openly about his close call with death.

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The 53-year-old discusses his struggle with addiction in his upcoming memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing.

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That includes his colon rupturing owing to painkiller addiction, putting him in a coma for two weeks.

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The former student claimed that he waited until he was "safe from getting into the dark side of everything again" before discussing his battle.

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According to the physicians, I had a 2% chance of survival, he told People.

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I was truly getting close to the end of my life at that point.

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I was placed on an ECMO machine, which manages your heart and lungs' breathing for you.

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It's a Hail Mary, according to every doctor.

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