A 1990s music star who was responsible for a huge number one hit has admitted he is 'very weak' and has been at 'death's door' as he provided a health update from his hospital bed. Born Richard West in 1965, the star fronted Scottish psychedelia band The Shamen between 1990 and 1999, and has also enjoyed a hugely successful career in house music as a DJ.
Better known by his stage name, Mr. C, his CV boasts vocals on The Shamen's 1992 hit, Ebeneezer Goode, which topped the charts in August 1992. Today, however, he is receiving treatment for a stomach ulcer, having fallen victim to a serious infection.
'Day six in hospital fixing a f****** massive stomach ulcer cause by H. Pylori virus and no doubt a ton of stress getting my brand new red light therapy business with my lovely twin sis up and running here in North London,' Mr. C wrote on Facebook Wednesday, May 6. H. Pylori is actually a bacterial infection rather than a virus, which affects the lining of the stomach.
Mr. C's new business, named Bed Light & Beyond, specialises in red and infrared light therapy, responsible tanning, massage therapies, meditation guidance and life coaching, according to the company's Facebook account. Thankfully, Mr. C believes he is now on the mend.
He continued: 'I'm feeling so much better than a week ago when I was literally on death's door, but I'm still very weak. Gonna take a month to be properly firing on all four cylinders and I'm not allowed back into the gym until six weeks from now. I am, however, delighted to be going home once I've had my meds delivered. So I'll have to take things very easy. Baby steps wins the race.'
Mr. C closed by declaring that he can't wait to get on his therapy bed to continue the healing process. 'I'm bucking the trend of expensive RLT [Red Light Therapy] treatments for the rich to make it affordable for working class people right on the manor that I grew up,' he said. 'Now let's heal the community.'
Writing in response, one fan shared a similar experience: 'I recently had H. Pylori,' they wrote. 'I'd had it for a while. No doctor knew what it was until just one order[ed] a poo sample test. Two rounds of antibiotics and I'm clear. Although it has taken sometime to get my gut working properly again. Wish you well Mr. C.'
A second person warned: 'H. Pylori can be nasty work if not properly treated, the bacteria can develop worse than ulcers into much more serious complications.'
A third recalled: 'I was diagnosed with H. Pylori just before I turned 40, horrible waking up feeling sick every day but thankfully I caught it before it developed an ulcer.'
While a fourth Facebook user wrote: 'Good luck with the healing, and with getting the business off the ground. I've been lucky enough to have private healthcare for much of my career and there are so many things you can access that should be available to all, not jealously preserved for the rich. Everyone deserves not to be in pain.'
In a previous post, Mr. C revealed he had felt unwell for two weeks before he made an appointment with a doctor having 'felt like actual death with a lot of heavy stomach cramps and back aches'. 'After throwing up four times on Thursday night, starting with white bile and ending with blood on the fourth, something was terribly wrong,' he recalled.
He said he had searched the symptoms on NHS 111, which advised him to call 999 immediately. 'Intense cramps, flu-like back aches and after throwing up Thursday and black poo Friday morning I started panicking,' he said. 'We called 999 with those details. An NHS has a doctor called us back within 30 minutes. Telling the gently spoken African doctor my symptoms, he instructed me to go to hospital immediately.'
The full name of H. pylori is Helicobacter pylori. It can be treated with antibiotics.
