NRL great and media star Bryan Fletcher has spoken about the painful moment he had to leave his afternoon radio show and be rushed to hospital.
Fletcher was in his usual slot on SEN’s The Run Home on Monday afternoon when he began to feel a sharp pain in his stomach and abruptly left the program.
Bryan Fletcher. AAP
He was taken to hospital by the show’s producer, Alex Molchanoff, before vomiting once he reached the emergency room.
The former Roosters and Rabbitohs star explained what occurred while speaking on SEN from home on Tuesday afternoon.
“The pain was literally like turning on a light switch and I went, ‘Oh geez that’s not great’ and then it just got progressively worse,” Fletcher said.
“I just told Alex to floor it. I was forcing him to get through red lights. I think it shocked him a little bit because then I threw up everywhere in the emergency room – and when I say throw up, it was like projectile.
“They wouldn’t let me drink because I was parched. They said ‘No, we can’t let you drink because we may need to operate on you’. After copious amounts of fentanyl that didn’t work, they took me in for a CT scan and said I’ve got kidney stones.
“They gave me a suppository that I had to administer myself. I was stuck in this little room to myself and they gave me the little bullet (suppository) and then bang I put it in and I was as good as gold.
“About 11pm that night, two little rocks popped out.”
After being released from hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning, Fletcher spent the day recovering at home but insists he will return to air this week.
“I’ll be good to go,” the ex-NSW Blues forward said.
Fletcher played 225 first grade games across stints with the Roosters, South Sydney and Super League club Wigan.
He has become a prominent figure in the NRL media and is known for comedic on-screen antics alongside Eels legend Nathan Hindmarsh.