Joe Manganiello/Instagram
Wow, Joe Manganiello was really going through it.
To see how healthy he is today, it really does inspire so much hope.
As you know, the True Blood actor recently dropped his memoir Bloodlines, in which he details his seven year battle with mysterious autoimmune issues and how he believes a shaman helped his healing journey by rooting out ancestral trauma.
Joe, whose ancestors lost family in the Armenian genocide, began facing intense illness shortly after marrying Sofia Vergara. Doctors were stumped, and things got so bad he eventually required partial digestive track amputation. After meeting a shaman in Santa Monica, though, things started getting better. He’s now symptom-free and off medication.
Related: Joe Reacts To Sofia Vergara ‘Narcissistic Man’ Post
On Thursday, the 49-year-old shared some photos from that dark chapter of his life. Warning, these photos show sensitive content.
Of the first photo (above), he says:
“In the days following the amputation of my large intestine, my weight began to plummet. I would ultimately lose a total of 60 lbs during the two weeks following the surgery. If you zoom in, you can see the top of my first ostomy bag creeping up over the sheets.”
In the second, we see “a shot of my abdomen after the reconnection/take down surgery or anastomosis, in which my ostomy bag was removed and what was left of my digestive tract was reconnected.”
And the third, a photo of his face covered in what appears to be a severe breakout, is “an example of the multitude of skin conditions I was plagued with during the seven years I was sick. My skin, an immune organ, was stricken with just about every condition known to man, usually in combination.”
See his full post below:
Really heartbreaking stuff. We’re so glad he’s doing better now and wish him continued good health!
Bloodlines is available now online and in bookstores.
[Image via Joe Maganiello/Instagram.]