Things are not going well at all for actor Geert Hoes (40) from Den Bosch. He has been in hospital for months, he announced on Facebook on Monday. He had not been feeling fit for a while. So he decided to undergo a medical check at the hospital. “Not knowing what kind of silent killer had really been working in my body for a long time.”
“I was full of life and could handle anything, I thought,” the actor explains on social media. “I worked hard, sometimes too hard, and traveled criss-cross through the Netherlands. During the last few months of work, I got some complaints and noticed that I was not quite myself. But I waved that away with the thought that it was all a bit much and that “It would all work out in the end. I had lost 35 kilos in recent months, but I had also started living a healthier lifestyle.”
“I’m 40 years old, I’m in the prime years of my life, right?!”
He attributed his complaints to a lot of work, little sleep and the responsibility he bore as the new director of Rocket Agency. A company known for, among other things, organizing and producing concerts such as ‘Toppers in Concert’ and the management of artists such as Frans Bauer and OG3NE. Rocket Agency had a tough time during the corona period.
But when he had his blood checked, it turned out that something was seriously wrong. “I was sent to the hospital. Blood was taken again and tests were done.” The doctors feared colon cancer or pancreatic cancer. That message hit Geert and his partner incredibly hard. “I left the room completely numb and with an empty feeling.” He wondered out loud how this could happen to him. “I’m in the prime years of my life, right?!”
“It felt like I was being eaten inside.”
Then the former star of GTST ended up in ‘hell’. “In hospital, out of hospital. No longer being able to walk, difficulty speaking, falling away, being dependent on wheelchairs, being dependent on tube feeding, side effects of all medications, intense pain throughout my body, hellish nights…”
After many examinations, it turned out that Geert did not have colon or pancreatic cancer. He was taken in an ambulance to the academic hospital in Leiden. After many examinations, scans and biopsies, it turned out that he had contracted a very rare bacteria. “So rare and untraceable for a learned pathologist that the chance of winning the jackpot at the State Lottery would be even greater according to the doctors.” In addition, a parasite was found. “One that apparently can only be present in distant tropical places. From the beginning I told the doctors that it felt like I was being eaten from the inside, like bugs were crawling under my skin.”
“I sometimes physically feel like an old grandpa.”
The treatments have now started. According to the actor, these will take some time. “Sometimes things are better than others. Let’s hope everything will work.”
The doctors have said that some of Geert’s complaints cannot be explained with the current diagnosis. That is why additional investigations have been started. “My head keeps spinning. I sometimes physically feel like an old grandfather, but sometimes a little better. I sleep a lot, but I also feel that I can and will overcome this! No matter how difficult the journey will be, we will face this and I have enough to fight for.”
2023-11-14 11:30:30
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