Jeremy Clarkson, the 64-year-old presenter of Clarkson’s Farm, has disclosed that he had a stent fitted following a sudden deterioration in his health. Writing in The Sunday Times, he described feeling “clammy” with a “tightness” in his chest and “pins and needles” in his left arm after a holiday in the Indian Ocean. Clarkson received the procedure at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, which ruled out a heart attack after an electrocardiogram (ECG), blood tests, and X-rays. A stent is a tube that is inserted into a narrowed or blocked artery to promote blood flow.
Clarkson stated that he “ignored these things” and that he later received “pins and needles” in his left arm. While on holiday, he had difficulty swimming, had to “take a moment to ensure [his] limbs were working correctly” when he stood up, and could not walk down a set of stairs “without holding someone’s hand.” Clarkson went to the hospital in an ambulance and had a stent implanted to expand narrowed or blocked arteries. Clarkson observed that he definitely did not have a heart attack, but that if it hadn’t appeared that way, he never would have been admitted to the hospital.
After his medical treatment, Clarkson expressed his appreciation to the medical personnel at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for their assistance and all the “extraordinary machines.” Clarkson previously disclosed that he quit smoking after contracting pneumonia while on vacation in Spain. In September, he, James May, and Richard Hammond resigned from The Grand Tour. As he left the hospital, Clarkson noted that he was considering how to add more flavor to water and make celery more interesting.
Clarkson concluded his article by stating that he had merely spent his post-holiday time drinking wine and eating cheese in a chair due to these problems arising all at once on a single day
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