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PROFESSOR Green has been rushed to hospital after fracturing his neck in a horror fall during a seizure.
The 35-year-old musician took to his Instagram this evening to share a picture of himself lying on a stretcher in a neck and head brace.
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He wrote alongside it: "I had seizure this morning which resulted in a fall while I was packing for tour.
"Depending on how you look at this fall I was extremely lucky.
"I fractured vertebrae in my neck and subsequently had to cancel my tour that was due to start today.
"I'll be back in the winter with a bigger tour.
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"I've had two further seizures and am lucky I didn't break my neck.
"Really f***ing lucky. Thanks for baring with me."
After fans rushed to support him, the star - real name Stephen Paul Manderson - took to Instagram again to share more details.
Later, he thanked his flatmate for saving his life.
Posting a picture of his packed suitcase, he wrote: "Just after I sent this pic I sent to someone to say how ready for tour I was, I had the first seizure I've ever had which led to me falling without hands to soften the fall and fractured my neck in doing so.
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"After I got to the hospital I had a second seizure with again no obvious cause.
"There's one theory - I've run myself into the ground doing way too much, over stretching myself as per usual and it's finally caught up on me. Seems quite likely.
"I'm gonna use this time to implement all the self care I encourage others to put into practice - and it's going to stay in practice as there's nothing like nearly breaking your neck to put things into perspective.
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"Rest, studio, books, and efforts into building what might even be a relationship... A healthy one. Not one based on toxicity. Crazy, I know.
"Really though, feeling very lucky not least of all to count @eddiejenkins_ and @ruari_sb as friends and house mates, I wouldn't be here if ruari didn't hear me hit the floor / wall.
The star was set to kick off his tour at The Globe in Cardiff before visiting cities including Birmingham and Newcastle.
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