revealed that his third open-heart surgery was upended by some unexpected complications that nearly ended his life.
In a recent video shared on YouTube, Schwarzenegger said the operation took place several years ago, just before he started working on. Schwarzenegger remembered waking up after the procedure and seeing his doctor, who told him the operation had not gone as planned. The actor said the procedure was supposed to be a relatively non-invasive one to replace a heart valve, but his doctors “made a mistake and poked through the heart wall.
That puncture caused serious “internal bleeding,” forcing Schwarzenegger’s doctors to open him up quickly to save his life. The actor recalled his sarcastic reaction: “I said, ‘Well great, this is really great news. I mean, Jesus.’ So anyway, the bottom line is, you cannot roll the clock back. It was a disaster. I was in the middle of a disaster. So now it’s, how do I get out of it? You have to shift gears, collect yourself, and shift gears.
Schwarzenegger went on to discuss his subsequent recovery, even sharing some footage of him walking around the hospital and building back his strength. There were serious risks if Schwarzenegger’s health languished: His doctors were particularly adamant about him exercising his lungs because of the risk posed by a potential pneumonia infection. But there were other concerns as well.
“I wanted to get really going with the exercise and get out of the hospital as quickly as possible, and then get going with the training again because three months later, I started with,” Schwarzenegger said. “I had to be in shape, I had to be able to move around, run around, lift things up, do the fight scenes. So we did it, because I had a positive attitude, I knew exactly how I was gonna get there, and I had the support system. Because none of this we can do by ourselves.