{"id":38163,"date":"2024-07-10T14:14:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=38163"},"modified":"2024-07-10T14:14:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T18:14:38","slug":"madonna-reflects-on-hospitalization-for-life-threatening-illness-one-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/07\/madonna-reflects-on-hospitalization-for-life-threatening-illness-one-year-later.html","title":{"rendered":"Madonna Reflects on Hospitalization For &#8216;Life-Threatening Illness&#8217; One Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38169\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/07\/madonna_credit-Denis-Makarenko-Shutterstock.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-38169\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/07\/madonna_credit-Denis-Makarenko-Shutterstock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Denis Makarenko \/ Shutterstock.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One year after Madonna was hospitalized for a bacterial infection, the singer is reflecting on her &#8220;miraculous recovery.&#8221; She took to Instagram to celebrate her recovery one year later. &#8220;A year ago today, I had just come home from the hospital after surviving a life threatening illness, I could barely stand in my backyard holding one sparkler,&#8221; Madonna wrote. &#8220;I made a miraculous recovery and had an amazing year. 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A full recovery is expected.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In March, Madonna recalled her near-death experience at her sold out Los Angeles show. She said her first word after coming out of her medically induced coma was, &#8220;No.&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure that was God saying to me, \u2018Do you want to come? Want to come up with me? No,\u2019&#8217; Madonna said. During the same show, she gave a shoutout to her doctor who was in the audience. &#8220;I would call in every other day and ask [my doctor] why I didn&#8217;t have any energy, when was my energy going to come back? When was I going to feel like myself again? When can I go on tour again?&#8221; she said. &#8220;All he would say is, &#8216;Go outside in the sun&#8217; &#8230; It was so hard for me to walk from my house to the backyard and sit in the sun. I know that sounds insane, but it was difficult.&#8221; The singer said the lesson she learned from her health scare is to slow down and listen to your body. &#8220;It&#8217;s a strange thing to finally not feel like I was in control, and that was my lesson: to let go,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year after Madonna was hospitalized for a bacterial infection, the singer is reflecting on her &#8220;miraculous recovery.&#8221; She took to Instagram to celebrate her recovery one year later. &#8220;A year ago today, I had just come home from the hospital after surviving a life threatening illness, I could barely stand in my backyard 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