'The last thought I had was, 'This could be it. If this is it, I'm not happy. I worked a lot. I did a lot of things. I didn't enjoy any of this. This can't be it'' (via toofab)
Admitting he went overboard with trainers, weights and controlling his diet, the actor recalled when he was 24 being hit with brutal stomach pain. On top of that, he couldn't keep any food down.
This was while the"Everybody Hates Chris" and"Walking Dead" alum was appearing on both"Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders" and filming the movie"Detroit," so he was already stretched pretty thin. "I was really pushing my body to the limit," Williams recalled, saying that by December,"everything shut down." He wasn't even able to keep down the colonoscopy prep given to him by his doctor.
At the hospital, he was immediately diagnosed with Crohn's disease, and amid a massive flare-up with scar tissue clogging up his bowels. He had to undergo emergency surgery to remove six inches of lower intestine. But even that didn't resolve the issue, as his intestines weren't strong enough to heal properly. Instead, he suffered a perforation, which resulted in him going septic and nearly dying as he was rushed back into surgery.
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