‘I almost still have trouble understanding this’: Survivor Michel Drucker looks at second open heart surgery

Michel Drucker has come a long way. homeowner I can’t wait for sunday He gave the Parisian a lengthy interview and reassuring news about his health.

“It’s going well and I almost still have a hard time understanding it. Given the seriousness of what I had, I should never have seen a journalist in front of me again. This is miraculous”, explains the television veteran.

If Michel Drucker is doing well today, the diagnosis of his illness is a “infective endocarditis of the mitral valve“, which completely destabilized him.

“I was given shock antibiotics for a month. Unfortunately, that was not enough. I had to operate again and replace the valve.“, explained Michel Drucker before continuing: “A real blow! I saw everything that happened to me in 2020 running through my mind: surgery, resuscitation, intensive care and months of rehabilitation. ‘This time is over!’ I thought.”

That’s why Michel Drucker once again came close to death. “My brother Jacques, who is a doctor, said later that I didn’t get too far… At one point, my blood pressure dropped and my heart rate dropped to 30. They had to put a pacemaker on me. In the evening I said to myself that I might not be there tomorrow or next week”, He trusts Michel Drucker.

But as a true fighter, Michel Drucker had only one goal: to get back in the air and back to his beloved red chair. He is not ready to leave his profession. The facilitator has only one purpose: “Celebrating his 60-year career at the Paris Olympics”.

He also announced the return of Vivement Dimanche at France 3 on August 27. “Michel Drucker”die on stageand, if possible, about public service. “This has been my home for fifty-five years.”says the landlord. “I will be there as long as my bosses at France Télévisions need me and I feel I can do it”, He promises.

Melissa Tella