“ One day, I can barely get out of bed ”: Ryan Sutter, former Bachelorette, details the health crisis

Bachelorette alumnus Ryan Sutter opened up about his ongoing health battle on social media Tuesday, saying he decided to ‘address himself [his] personal health and the attention she has recently received ”.

The 46-year-old native Colorado firefighter detailed in a series of Instagram posts the issues he said started last February while attending a training program with the Denver Fire Department which lasted 18 weeks.

“Towards the end of this process, I felt more and more exhausted and started to experience occasional ‘flu-like’ symptoms,” he said, adding that “had been tested for COVID several times but never tested positive ”.

“It’s been five months now and, if anything, I feel worse,” Sutter said.

Sutter, who exchanged vows with Trista Sutter in 2003 after crossing paths on The Bachelorette, said he continues to work as a firefighter amid a “ battery of symptoms ”.

They include, according to Sutter, “ fatigue – sometimes almost crippling, deep body and muscle pain, fever, night sweats, full body itching without a rash, headache, swelling of the neck and neck. throat, congestion, dizziness, and just plain nausea not feeling well.

Sutter, who shares two children with his wife – Maxwell, 13, and Blakesley, 11 – said he had had ‘multiple blood tests’, a CT scan and had’ a high ANA titer and low white blood cells, but nothing else has proven conclusive.

He said he had maintained ‘a healthy diet’ throughout the illness and ‘ [his] better rest ”for mixed results.

“Most of the time, I feel about 70%,” he says. “One day I feel a little better and one day I can barely get out of bed. I don’t think I have anything contagious because no one else in my family has been sick and no one I’ve worked with or associated with has been sick.

Sutter said it appears he is “ sick for some reason ” and that “ the struggle to find answers in the medical world and support from the insurance industry is frustrating and insufficient. ”

He said his ongoing health battle and the obstacles he faces have given him a new perspective on life and health.

“You have to really and constantly advocate for yourself if he hopes to find answers or, at the very least, to rule out possibilities,” he said. “I am concerned that we are witnessing the effects of our lifestyles and the relative lack of understanding of how we live on a daily basis influences our health and well-being as well as the health and well-being of our people. other.

He said that as a person who “ spent the greater part of [his] life challenging my personal limits, ‘he feels’ well prepared to face [his] current health situation. “

He added, “I have a strong support group and the best wife in the world.

“The wave of support I have received has been humbling and therapeutic. I couldn’t be more grateful. I can’t imagine the healing power that this amount of love and attention would have on the world if we all chose to apply it? Maybe we find out …