*For the past couple of years Al B. Sure has been in the news because of his medical issues. Now the singer/radio host is at a point where he can talk about his journey and that’s what he did in a new interview with Fox5 New York.
In the interview, Al B Sure! talked about emerging from a two-month coma.
It seems his problems began when he started gaining weight. At his heaviest, he was 309 pounds.
“As time progresses, more steak dinners, more late nights in the studio. After a while, the lifestyle changes and the metabolism does as well,” he told Chrystal Young in the interview
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It was Quincy Jones that inspired and counseled him to lose weight. “Please get your act together. I need you to live. You have stuff to do,” he says Q told him.
So, Al B. Sure! went and got bariatric surgery and began to look and feel better. Then, back in July 2022 he was rushed to the hospital after collapsing while working on new music. He later fell into a coma for more than two months.
He had multiple illnesses, including renal failure. He was given a tracheotomy. Doctors talked about putting him in hospice. Dude was close to being history.
“What people don’t truly understand — unless you’ve been through this type of medical journey — is taking for granted breathing, tying your shoes, speaking,” Al said.
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“What people don’t truly understand — unless you’ve been through this type of medical journey — is taking for granted breathing, tying your shoes, speaking,” he said.
After waking up from the coma, he was told of his health issues, including suffering renal failure and getting an organ transplant.
“I was intubated. I was on a ventilator. I had a tracheotomy,” The singer revealed. “There were so many things going on, to the point where [doctors] were considering sending me to hospice.”
Al B. Sure! is, of course, grateful to still be alive. These days he’s writing a book about his life, working on a podcast, and producing new music.
“If I can influence or help or inspire someone else, I did my job,” he said.
You can follow al b sure on Instagram at @officialalbsure.
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