Professor Green 'lucky to be alive' after fracturing his neck following seizures
He's been forced to cancel his UK tour
Last updated 13th Feb 2019
Rapper Professor Green has taken to social media to reveal that he's fractured his neck after suffering seizures in his home. The 35-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Manderson, revealed that he'd had three seizures which led to a fall, and has fractured vertebrae in his neck, meaning he's been forced to cancel his tour which was due to start tonight.
He was immediately taken to hospital after the quick actions of his flatmate Ruari Stainfield-Bruce, who called the emergency services. Sharing the same photo three times to Instagram, he first wrote, 'I had seizure this morning which resulted in a fall while I was packing for tour.'
In the second post with the same picture, he added, 'Depending on how you look at this fall I was extremely lucky. I fractured vertebrae in my neck and subsequently had to cancel my tour that was due to start today.'
And in the third, he praised the NHS, 'I'll be back in the winter with a bigger tour. I've had two further seizures and am lucky I didn't break my neck. Really lucky. Thanks for baring with me ♥️ most importantly thank you to our NHS, heroes amongst men (and women).' sic
On his second Instagram profile, which he uses to post more personal photos, Professor Green shared a photo of his luggage which had been ready to go for his tour, and gave an update on the reasons which could have let to the seizures.
It read, 'Just after I sent this pic I sent to someone to say how ready for tour I was, I had the first seizure I've ever had which led to me falling without hands to soften the fall and fractured my neck in doing so.
'After I got to the hospital I had a second seizure with again no obvious cause. There's one theory - I've run myself into the ground doing way too much, over stretching myself as per usual and it's finally caught up on me. Seems quite likely.'
He then promised to 'implement the self-care' that he encourages others to do, and thanked his housemates for saving his life.
A second photo showed his housemate Ruari with their dog Arthur, thanking her for her actions, in which he wrote, 'If this girl didn't hear my fall who knows where I'd be. Love you @ruarisb also love the photographer for looking out for me like a proper friend, love you too bro @eddiejenkins - also love Arthur but he doesn't have an insta yet.
'Don't forget to tell the people you love how important and special they are, as we saw today from my close call; you never know whats round the corner. The world won't suffer from a bit more love being shown... Why not join in, tag someone you love ♥️.' sic
Professor Green received nothing but messages of support from his fans, despite having to cancel the tour. One wrote, 'This makes me so sad to see, but you are strong and, as always, you will kick ass and be back, bigger and better than before. I'm not spiritual or religious - so no healing light or prayers from me, but I can send 'Get better soon' love!' sic
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