The presenter, who is also the star of Amanda & Alan's Italian Job on the BBC, said that his eyeballs need draining amid fears he could go totally blind. Alan Carr reveals he's losing his sight and needs terrifying proceedure According to , revealed that he endured a "surreal" experience after having a "spike" driven into his anesthetised eyeball. The 48-year-old star spoke with fellow comedian Grace Campbell on an episode of her podcast Life's A Beach.
He revealed: "I've got astigmatism - I kept telling people I had stigmata, like the wounds of Christ. Get over yourself, Alan. "I had a bit of a health scare.
I went to Moorfields. I've got something wrong with my eyes - quite a bit of pressure. "I hate the glaucoma thing, when they squirt the air in your eyes.
"I had something wrong with my eyes in the cornea. I was so worried." He added: "He had to basically choke me because this air going into my eye was too much.
"At Moorfields they anaesthetised my eyeball, and then the spike came in on to the lens to see if it worked. "They said: 'Just relax Alan, and just concentrate on the spike going into your eye.' I'm like excuse me? What? Oh good, the spike is coming closer.
Relax! "It was so surreal. Losing my sight is my worst thing, and I can feel it getting worse. "My eyeballs need draining - they've got too much pressure.
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